VARIOUS — 1961 · Murder
Ernst-Dieter Beck case
SolvedSources: CLast updated: 14 October 2026
Ernst-Dieter Beck, who killed three people in West Germany between 1961 and 1968, also attracted scientific attention for being the first murder suspect in German legal history to undergo a chromosome test. The trial that followed resulted in a sentence of life imprisonment.
- Date
- 1961
- Place
- West Germany, Various, DE
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 51.1657, 10.4515 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 1961First murder committed
- 1968Caught
- 1969Court ruling: life imprisonment
Sources
- Court Records
- Official Report
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