January 18, 2005
Rudolph Moshammer murdered by gay hustler
![moshammer](http://www.queerday.com/images/rmoshammer.jpg)
Flamboyant German fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer, well known on Germany's celebrity circuit, was found strangled to death at his Munich villa. His body was discovered by his driver with a telephone cable around his neck. Moshammer, 64, built a reputation for the extravagant clothes he designed and wore. Munich police, a bit baffled by the lack of an obvious motive, are conducting investigations in Munich's gay community. There were no signs of a burglary or fight and no items of value had been removed. Among his clients were Austrian-born Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Las Vegas magicians Siegfried and Roy.
BBCUpdate: A young Iraqi man has confessed to murdering Moshammer after he refused to pay for sexual favors. Police arrested the 25-year-old suspect identified as Herisch A. after they found his DNA at the crime scene. Moshammer allegedly offered the man 2,000 ($2,600) for sexual favors when they met near Munich's main train station on Thursday evening. The victim "apparently refused to pay, which led to a dispute," police say. "Moshammer didn't have a chance."
Oh, I see. At first I thought they had put him on a stamp because he was murdered after refusing to pay a homosexual prostitute... You can't blame me. It was a little confusing, and you never know what's going to come out of Europe these days! It would make more sense than a lot of the stuff they're coming up with.