The Pokemon Murder in Duisburg | STERN.de

He is 23 and wants to kill a child. She’s 18 and doesn’t mind

We wanted to try something new, something completely new.”
From the interrogation of Marius Raschner* on January 13, 2001. (All names with * changed.)

“I didn’t ask him: ‘You’re going to kill a child,’ but my attitude was: Yes, do it.”
From the interrogation of Ella Moschmann* on January 15, 2001

He can’t think of anything else. Not even to Ella anymore. He finally wants to know what it feels like to kill someone. A few days ago he decided who his victim would be: the little boy with the button eyes and the pot haircut who lives two blocks away. They sometimes talk on the playground. Or in front of the supermarket when he gets cigarettes. Then they talk about Pokémon. The boy loves the fantasy characters.

And he knows: That’s how he gets him.

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