Editing Armin Meiwes (section)

==Killing and cannibalism==
Looking for a willing volunteer, Meiwes posted an advertisement on the website The Cannibal Cafe, whose disclaimer mentions the distinction between reality and fantasy. Meiwes's post stated that he was "looking for a well-built 18- to 30-year-old to be slaughtered and then consumed" Bernd Jürgen Brandes, an engineer from Berlin, then answered the advertisement<ref name = brandes>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/04/germany.lukeharding Victim of cannibal agreed to be eaten], ''The Guardian''</ref>. Many other people responded to the advertisement, but backed out.

The two made a videotape<ref name = video>[https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/cannibals-video-victims-final-hours-played-court-2510676 Cannibal's video of 'victim's' final hours played to court], ''The Scotsman''</ref> when they met on 9 March 2001 in Meiwes' home, in the small town of Rotenburg, showcasing Meiwes amputating Brandes' penis (with his agreement) and the two men attempting to eat it together<ref name = brandes></ref>. Brandes initially insisted that Meiwes attempt to bite his penis off. This did not work, and ultimately, Meiwes used a knife to remove Brandes' appendage. Brandes apparently tried to eat some of his own penis raw but could not, because it was too tough and, as he put it, "chewy". 

Meiwes then fried the penis in a pan with salt, pepper, wine, and garlic<ref name = brandes></ref>; he then fried it with some of Brandes' fat, but by then it was too burnt to be consumed. He then chopped the penis up into chunks and fed it to his dog. According to journalists who saw the video (which has not been made public), Brandes may already have been too weakened from blood loss. 

Meiwes read a ''Star Trek'' book for three hours, while Brandes lay bleeding in the bath. Meiwes apparently gave him large quantities of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analgesic painkillers], twenty sleeping pills and a bottle of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnapps schnapps], kissed him and finally killed him in a room that he had built in his house for this purpose.<ref name = brandes></ref> After stabbing Brandes to death in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throat throat], he hung the body on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_hook meat hook] and tore chunks of flesh from it; he even tried to grind the bones to use as flour. The whole scene was recorded on the two-hour videotape.<ref name = video></ref> Meiwes ate the body over the next 10 months, storing body parts in his freezer under pizza boxes and consuming up to 20 kilograms (44 lb) of the flesh.