Attack on Wife and Son in Enns: Life for Double Murder

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A 78-year-old boy, who has killed his wife and son, is court-married and has "burned the fuses."

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The case shocked the whole country in the fall: a 78-year-old pensioner from Enns is said to have killed his wife (70) and the disabled son (41) after a dispute. On Wednesday the competent defendant must answer to the Steyr Regional Court. He is threatened with up to 20 years imprisonment. It was a rather banal marital dispute that exploded the world of a family in Enns on October 27. The 78-year-old husband is said to have taken his life shortl…

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The man was already admitted after the crime in October. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for double murder

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A 78-year-old man is on trial Wednesday at the Steyr Regional Court for double murder, accused of killing his wife and son in Enns (Linz-Land district) at the end of October 2025. According to the indictment, he first struck the victims with a frying pan at their home, then strangled them, and finally stabbed them with a kitchen knife. The 70-year-old woman and the 41-year-old man bled to death. The pensioner is currently in pretrial detention a…

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STEYR. At the regional court on Wednesday the criminal proceedings against that 78-year-old man, who was supposed to have met his wife and the adult son in Enns in October of the previous year, will take place.