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Egidius Schiffer (Leo Egidius Schiffer) was born on 1956 in West Germany, is a German serial killer. Discover Egidius Schiffer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
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Leo Egidius Schiffer |
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62 years old |
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West Germany |
| Date of death |
21 July, 2018 |
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Bochum, Germany |
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Germany
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Egidius Schiffer Height, Weight & Measurements
At 62 years old, Egidius Schiffer height not available right now. We will update Egidius Schiffer's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Egidius Schiffer Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Egidius Schiffer worth at the age of 62 years old? Egidius Schiffer’s income source is mostly from being a successful killer. He is from Germany. We have estimated Egidius Schiffer's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Between 1983 and 1990, he murdered five girls and women between the ages of 15 and 31, abusing three of them sexually.
His crimes were known as "hitchhiker killings" or "Disco-murders".
The first murder was committed in July 1983 near Alsdorf: the 18-year-old Marion Gerecht was at a bus stop when she was attacked by Schiffer.
When he attacked her, she fought him and trampled his windshield.
Although she was able to prevent a rape, she was strangled, stripped and thrown into a fishing pond.
In February 1984, Schiffer attacked 15-year-old Andrea Wernicke near the nightclub 'Rockfabrik" Uebach-Palenbeg, Geilenkirchen, country Heinsberg. whenroad B221. She habitually hitchhiked home after visiting the nightclub. He raped her(from Herzogenrath-Merkstrin) before strangling and dumping her body near an open field.
On 31 August 1984, 17-year-old Angelika Sehl got into Schiffer's car and was murdered.
In 1985, the programme Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst covered his case.
In December 1985, 18-year-old Marion Lauven was abducted, raped and killed in Aachen.
She too had been standing at a bus stop.
For an hour, Schiffer drove across the country with the body in the trunk until he found a place to drop it off.
He covered her bare body with leaves and then left.
On 16 June 1990, Sabine Neumann disappeared in Niederkrüchten on the way home from the "Inside" nightclub.
Schiffer had dragged the 31-year-old into his Mercedes, where he raped and strangled her.
A year later, her skeletonized remains were found by passers-by in a forest near Wegberg.
The body was identified based on dental records.
In March 2007 Egidius Schiffer was caught and arrested in Heinsberg while trying to steal scrap metal.
He voluntarily gave a saliva sample, which resulted in him being exposed as the perpetrator of the five murders.
He was arrested on 23 August for murder.
During the confession, he confessed to the five murders, but recanted his confessions before the district court on the grounds that he had sadomasochistic tendencies.
He only admitted to the murders because the thought of pre-trial detention and punishment had aroused him.
Schiffer also alleged that he was forced to confess.
However, the court relied on the repeated confession of Schiffer which also had "disclosed perpetrator's knowledge", as well as the DNA traces present at the crime scenes.
He was sentenced on 19 August 2008 to life imprisonment by the Aachen Regional Court for five counts of murder and two counts of rape.
The court also noted the particular severity of the guilt.
A revision was rejected by the Federal Court of Justice in June 2009.
Leo Egidius Schiffer (1956 – 21/22 July 2018) was a German serial killer, who was known as The Strangler of Aachen.
On the morning of 22 July 2018, Schiffer was found dead in his cell in the Bochum correctional facility.
He had connected his body to the power grid using multiple cables to support autoerotic practices, and he died as a result of heart arrhythmia.
