Austrian man: I've killed family with axe
Investigators discovered the bodies of five people Wednesday after a man turned up at a Vienna police station and calmly explained that he had killed his family to spare them the shame of his financial ruin, authorities said.
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The body of the father-in-law to a man who murdered five family members is taken away in Linz, Austria.
Police officers found the bodies of the man's wife and 7-year-old daughter in his home in an affluent part of the Austrian capital and determined both had been killed with an ax, police said.
The daughter's body was found in a walk-in closet, they said.
Authorities also discovered the bodies of his parents and father-in-law in Upper Austria province, in the cities of Ansfelden and Linz.
Investigators told reporters in Vienna that the man turned himself in early Wednesday morning and told police what had happened.
The man, identified only as a 39-year-old public relations consultant, said he wanted to spare his family the shame of financial ruin he caused through speculative financial dealings, criminal investigator Thomas Stecher said. His wife worked in the Finance Ministry.
Police said the man told them he began by killing his 42-year-old wife and daughter early Tuesday morning, before driving to Ansfelden where he beat his parents -- ages 72 and 69 -- to death.
He said he then drove to Linz, where he murdered his 80-year-old father-in-law in the early evening, according to police.
The man is currently undergoing further questioning in Vienna.
"He is completely matter of fact ... without emotion," Stecher said.
Police said they are awaiting autopsy results to determine exactly how the victims died, adding that the ax the man used is currently being examined.
The man could face a life sentence if convicted, said Gerhard Jarosch, spokesman for the Vienna public prosecutor's office.
AP
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Investigators discovered the bodies of five people Wednesday after a man turned up at a Vienna police station and calmly explained that he had killed his family to spare them the shame of his financial ruin, authorities said.
art.austria.family.ap.jpg
The body of the father-in-law to a man who murdered five family members is taken away in Linz, Austria.
Police officers found the bodies of the man's wife and 7-year-old daughter in his home in an affluent part of the Austrian capital and determined both had been killed with an ax, police said.
The daughter's body was found in a walk-in closet, they said.
Authorities also discovered the bodies of his parents and father-in-law in Upper Austria province, in the cities of Ansfelden and Linz.
Investigators told reporters in Vienna that the man turned himself in early Wednesday morning and told police what had happened.
The man, identified only as a 39-year-old public relations consultant, said he wanted to spare his family the shame of financial ruin he caused through speculative financial dealings, criminal investigator Thomas Stecher said. His wife worked in the Finance Ministry.
Police said the man told them he began by killing his 42-year-old wife and daughter early Tuesday morning, before driving to Ansfelden where he beat his parents -- ages 72 and 69 -- to death.
He said he then drove to Linz, where he murdered his 80-year-old father-in-law in the early evening, according to police.
The man is currently undergoing further questioning in Vienna.
"He is completely matter of fact ... without emotion," Stecher said.
Police said they are awaiting autopsy results to determine exactly how the victims died, adding that the ax the man used is currently being examined.
The man could face a life sentence if convicted, said Gerhard Jarosch, spokesman for the Vienna public prosecutor's office.
AP
People these days. :analcanon:
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