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German gay cannibal indictment expected

26 June 2003

KASSEL - An indictment is imminent in the case of two gay men who met in an internet chat room and agreed that one of them would be killed and devoured by the other, authorities in Germany said Wednesday.

Prosecutors in Kassel declined to reveal details of the indictment but said it would be released shortly.

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Investigators have said only that a 42-year-old computer analyst from Berlin is dead and that his dismembered and partially devoured remains were found at the residence of a 41-year-old suspect.

That suspect, identified only as Armin M., has admitted videotaping himself killing the Berlin man, a computer chip developer at Siemens corporation, identified only as Bernd Juergen B. Police have said they are convinced the victim allowed himself to be led to the slaughter.

On the morning of his disappearance 9 March 2001, Bernd Juergen B completed his will. He left the bulk of his estate including a lavish penthouse apartment and EUR 50,000 worth of computer equipment to his live-in partner, a man named René.

According to police, the victim had large amounts of cash and his passport when he travelled 300 kilometres from Berlin to the alleged murderer's house near Kassel.

Searching the rambling, 30-room, half-timbered house in the village of Rotenburg, investigators unearthed skeletal remains, some of them packaged in a freezer, along with videotapes and CD-ROMs on which the suspect allegedly recorded his actions.

Authorities were tipped off to the crime by internet surfers who stumbled upon chat room requests allegedly posted by the suspect in which he was looking for people willing to be slaughtered and eaten by him.

DPA

   
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