Custody of the Zurich “parking garage murderer” is lifted
Published: Friday, Aug 30th 2024, 17:20
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The District Court of Zurich decided on Friday to convert the custody of the so-called "parking garage murderer" into an inpatient measure. She will not be released as a result. But she can undergo therapy.
She will receive therapy within the prison, the district court was told on request. The verdict is not yet legally binding. The senior public prosecutor's office, which did not want to have the detention converted into an inpatient measure in accordance with Article 59, can still appeal the decision.
The so-called "parking garage murderer" has been behind bars for 25 years. In 2015, the security regime was relaxed slightly and she now has contact with other inmates. Before that, she lived in the highest security level, which meant complete isolation.
The now 51-year-old stabbed a 29-year-old woman to death in Zurich's Urania parking garage in the summer of 1991. In January 1997, she killed a 61-year-old woman in the Chinagarten - also with a knife. The victim survived another attack.
In 2001, the woman was sentenced to life imprisonment. The prison sentence was suspended and she was ordered to be kept in custody in accordance with the law at the time.
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