Another victimless crime resulting in the statist persecution of free-will practitioners of enlightened self-interest. Why, the L.P. could sell the video for fund- and consciousness-raising.
"The L.P. defends the freedom to eat!"
Posted on 12/12/2002 4:11:20 PM PST by knighthawk
A man has confessed to murdering and eating another man who allegedly volunteered to be killed, in a case that has shocked Germany.
The 41-year-old - who was remanded in custody on Wednesday - videotaped the murder, prosecutors said.
The victim, also in his 40s, was chopped into pieces at the killer's home in the central German town of Rotenburg, near Kassel.
Prosecutors in Kassel said the accused and the victim were apparently homosexuals who shared cannibalistic tendencies.
The German daily Bild reports that the victim, from Berlin, had seen an advertisement on the internet which said: "Seeking young, well-built men aged 18 to 30 to slaughter."
The victim, a computer engineer, then sold all his possessions including a car before disappearing, the paper reports.
The state prosecutor's office in Kassel said the man died from deep cuts to the neck. The killer then chopped up the body and kept the parts in his fridge.
Police believe the murder occurred in spring 2000.
They found deep-frozen human flesh, skeleton parts and video recordings at the scene.
Neighbour Joerg Paulusen, speaking to Reuters TV, said of the killer: "It was sort of clear to us that he had a different perspective on life than we did, but he was a normal person, to speak to him, drink a glass of beer with him - just like you and me."
The last alleged case of cannibalism in Germany was when a 33-year-old man on trial for robbery and murder in March 1995 claimed to have eaten his victim's innards, although his claim was never proven, the AFP news agency reports.
No apologies to Babs.
All of which existed in the Roman Empire at the time. But cannibals? Nothing there about cannibals.
| German 'ate internet man' |
German police have arrested a 41-year-old suspected of killing and dismembering another man he met on the internet.
Prosecutors have said the suspect later ate the dead man's flesh.
The suspect apparently carried out the crime with the agreement of the victim and captured it on videotape in spring 2000, prosecutors in Kassel said in a statement.
The alleged victim, a 42-year-old from Berlin, had been registered as missing by police in the capital, the statement said.
The suspect killed the victim by stabbing him in the throat, prosecutors said. He allegedly chopped the body into pieces, deep-froze parts of it and buried the rest. He later ate much of the flesh, the statement said.
Authorities have withheld the identity of both the suspect and the victim.
Prosecutors said they tracked down the suspect after finding an advertisement he had placed on the internet seeking a man willing to be killed and eaten.
Police who searched the man's apartment in the town of Rotenburg on Tuesday found human flesh, bones and video recordings.
Another victimless crime resulting in the statist persecution of free-will practitioners of enlightened self-interest. Why, the L.P. could sell the video for fund- and consciousness-raising.
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