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Cruel case in Tyrol Three-year-old starved to death - murder charge against parents

dpa

11.11.2025 - 20:16

The parents are said to have tortured their child for months. (symbolic image)
The parents are said to have tortured their child for months. (symbolic image)
dpa

A three-year-old boy is said to have been cruelly tortured by his parents in Tyrol before he starved to death. According to the public prosecutor's office, the defendants confessed and are accused of murder, among other things.

DPA

11.11.2025, 20:16

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  • According to the Austrian public prosecutor's office, a three-year-old in Tyrol is said to have been the victim of cruel fantasies.
  • His parents are said to have tortured and locked the boy up for months before he died of malnutrition.
  • The parents, who are said to suffer from a sadistic disorder, confessed and have been charged with murder, among other things.
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According to the Austrian judiciary, a three-year-old boy was tortured to death by his parents for months. According to the Innsbruck public prosecutor's office, the 27-year-old parents have been charged with murder, among other things, after their child starved and died of thirst in May 2024.

At the family's home in the Tyrolean district of Kufstein on the border with Bavaria, the boy was also beaten, tied up, locked in the dark and locked naked in a drawer for days, the prosecution said. The child had been deliberately malnourished. When the three-year-old died, he weighed only about seven kilograms - not even half the normal weight for his age.

Belief in demons and sadistic disorder

According to the public prosecutor's office, the parents were living in a financially strained situation. They had taken refuge in a fantasy world and made a demon in their son's body responsible for their fate, it was said. According to an expert report, the father and mother are sane, but have a sadistic personality disorder.

The parents have also been charged with torture and deprivation of liberty. According to the public prosecutor's office, they have confessed to the offences. The charges are based on chat messages between the father and mother as well as photos and video recordings that the two had made of the abuse.