Volker Eckert

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Volker Eckert (born July 1, 1959 in Oelsnitz / Vogtl. , † July 2, 2007 in Bayreuth ) was a German serial killer .

Life

As a teenager, Eckert committed his first murder in Plauen in 1974 . He strangled a 14-year-old classmate, but was able to successfully disguise the act as a suicide . In 1987 Eckert was sentenced to twelve years in prison for attempted murder for two near-fatal attacks against women. In 1994 he was released from prison. Eckert, who last lived in Hof , worked as a truck driver and was on the road in several European countries. In France , Spain and Italy , police said he killed at least seven prostitutes between 2001 and 2006 . In most cases Eckert strangled or strangled the women, attacked them post mortem and finally photographed his victims. He also cut tufts of hair from them or appropriated items of clothing from the dead. He kept these in the driver's cab of his truck or in his apartment.

In his last act, on November 2, 2006 in Sant Julià de Ramis in northern Spain , the police were able to access images from a surveillance camera . It showed Eckert's truck and the laying down of the naked body next to a parking lot. Eckert could be identified via the truck. A few days later, the police arrested the truck driver in Wesseling near Cologne . In his interrogations Eckert confessed to six murders, including that of his classmate in Plauen.

While preparing for the criminal trial, Eckert hanged himself on July 2, 2007 in his detention cell in Bayreuth. The special commission "truck drivers" of the police headquarters in Upper Franconia continued the investigation and based on the information provided by Eckert and DNA analyzes, three further murders were found. In four other cases of women murdered abroad, there was suspicion against Eckert, which, however, could no longer be substantiated. In December 2007, the police closed the file.

Deeds that Eckert confessed

  • May 7, 1974: a 14-year-old classmate in Plauen ( GDR )
  • June 25, 2001: a Kenyan prostitute near Chermignac near Bordeaux (France)
  • October 9, 2001: a 24 year old prostitute in Maçanet de la Selva (Spain)
  • around March 1, 2005: a Russian prostitute in Sant Sadurní d'Osormort (Spain)
  • around October 2, 2006: a 28-year-old Polish prostitute near Reims (France)
  • November 2nd, 2006: a 20 year old Bulgarian prostitute in Hostalric (Spain)

Actions of which Eckert was suspected

  • April 1987: an 18-year-old in Plauen
  • August 2002: a 23 year old prostitute from Sierra Leone in Troyes (France)
  • approx. September 5, 2004: a 25-year-old Ghanaian prostitute in Rezzato (Italy)
  • According to the police, there are probably four other women, three of them in the Czech Republic and one in France.

literature

  • Newton, Michael: The Great Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. 5th edition, Stocker, Graz 2009, ISBN 978-3-85365-240-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Fernfahrer von Hof": Prostitute murderer is said to have killed 13 women , Spiegel Online from December 14, 2007, accessed on January 2, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Eckert, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German serial killer
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Oelsnitz / Vogtl.
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 2007
Place of death Bayreuth