# Deggendorf triple murder trial

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/deggendorf-triple-murder-trial
> Updated: 2026-10-11T02:30:00.000Z. Sources: 23. Developments: 2.

A trial has commenced at the Deggendorf District Court against a 38-year-old man accused of triple murder in Lower Bavaria. The case follows the discovery of three bodies in a multi-family house in June 2025.

Prosecutors allege the defendant murdered two female neighbors for sexual gratification. Investigators state the first victim was strangled with a cable and dismembered, with her upper body found in a refrigerator and her legs discovered in a forest. The second woman was allegedly killed with a beer bottle and hammer blows before being suffocated. The defendant is also accused of killing the second victim’s life partner with a hammer to cover up the crimes.

## Claims

- A criminal trial has begun against four defendants in Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia. (disputed by 11 sources)
- A 42-year-old man is charged with murder and child abandonment. (disputed by 8 sources)
- The defendants face charges of dangerous bodily harm, rape, coercion, and deprivation of liberty. (corroborated by 11 sources)
- A woman was allegedly tortured, humiliated, and raped in a Soest residence between July and November 2025. (corroborated by 11 sources)
- The four defendants consist of two men aged 25 and 29, and two juveniles aged 16 and 17. (corroborated by 11 sources)
- The victim was rescued in early November after a neighbor discovered her partially naked and bound on a terrace. (corroborated by 11 sources)
- The 42-year-old defendant allegedly strangled or suffocated his wife on the back seat of a car on November 16, 2025. (corroborated by 8 sources)
- The indictment includes treachery as a characteristic of murder. (corroborated by 8 sources)
- The defendant, who is from Eritrea, allegedly drove to Waldsolms, Hesse, with the vehicle and the body. (corroborated by 8 sources)
- The defendant allegedly left his three-month-old daughter in a stroller near a monastery in Waldsolms, where she was found unharmed. (corroborated by 8 sources)
- The defendant allegedly dismembered his wife's body in a forest area in Rhineland-Palatinate and left parts in different locations. (corroborated by 8 sources)

## Timeline

### 2026-10-11: Germany: Trials begin for Soest abuse case and murder charges

Criminal trials have begun in Germany for two separate cases: the Soest 'horror house' abuse case involving four defendants, and a murder trial in Bonn involving a dismembered body and an abandoned infant.

22 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/pirna-man-arrested-for-attempted-murder-of-four-year-old-daughter

### 2026-09-27: Deggendorf District Court begins triple murder trial

A 38-year-old man faces trial in Deggendorf, Germany, for the alleged triple murder of two neighbors and a man in Lower Bavaria.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/deggendorf-district-court-begins-triple-murder-trial

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