RUPPERSWIL — 2015 · Murder
The Rupperswil Quadruple Murder
On 21 December 2015 firefighters responding to a house fire in Rupperswil, canton Aargau, found four people dead inside: a mother, her two sons and one son's girlfriend. It emerged that the crime was a robbery and murder. One of the largest investigations in Swiss history followed, with a record reward of 100,000 francs. On 12 May 2016 a man living in the village, whom no one had suspected, was arrested through DNA and fingerprint matches. The Lenzburg district court sentenced him in March 2018 to life imprisonment with indefinite secure detention (Verwahrung); higher courts upheld the verdict.
- Date
- 2015
- Place
- Aargau, Switzerland, Rupperswil, CH
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 47.4000, 8.1300 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 21 December 2015Four bodies were found after a fire at a house in Rupperswil.
- February 2016A record reward of 100,000 francs was announced.
- 12 May 2016A man living in the village was caught through DNA and fingerprints.
- 16 March 2018The Lenzburg district court imposed life with secure detention.
- 13 December 2018The Aargau high court upheld the verdict.
Sources
- NZZ — Rupperswil: olayların özeti nzz.ch ↗
- Aargauer Zeitung — Dava nasıl işleyecek aargauerzeitung.ch ↗
- Wikipedia — Vierfachmord von Rupperswil de.wikipedia.org ↗
- NZZ
- Aargauer Zeitung
- Wikipedia
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.