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Kroll was a German serial killer and cannibal. He was known as the Ruhr Cannibal (Ruhrkannibale), and the Duisburg Man-Eater (Duisburger Menschenfresser). He was convicted of eight murders but confessed to a total of | '''Joachim Kroll''' (April 17<sup>th</sup>, 1933 - July 1<sup>st</sup>, 1991) was a German serial killer and cannibal. He was known as the '''Ruhr Cannibal (Ruhrkannibale)''', and the '''Duisburg Man-Eater (Duisburger Menschenfresser)'''. He was convicted of eight murders but confessed to a total of thirteen. | ||
On July 3, 1976 | On July 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1976 Kroll was arrested for kidnapping and killing a four-year-old girl named Marion Ketter. As police went from home to home, a neighbor approached a policeman and told him that the waste-pipe in his apartment building had blocked up, and when he had asked his neighbour, Kroll, whether he knew what had been blocking the pipe, Kroll had simply replied; “Guts”. Upon this report, the police went up to Kroll’s apartment and found the body of the Ketter girl cut up: some parts were in the fridge, a hand was cooking in a pan of boiling water and the intestines were found stuck in the waste-pipe. | ||
Kroll said that he often sliced portions of flesh from his victims to cook and eat them, claiming | Kroll said that he often sliced portions of flesh from his victims to cook and eat them, claiming he did this to save on his grocery bills. In custody he believed that he was going to get a simple operation to cure him of his homicidal urges and would then be released from prison. Instead he was charged with eight murders and one attempted murder. In April of 1982, after a 151-day trial, he was convicted on all counts and was given nine life sentences. He died of a heart attack on July 1<sup>st</sup>, 1991 in prison in Rheinbach, near Bonn. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:12, 15 July 2019
Joachim Kroll (April 17th, 1933 - July 1st, 1991) was a German serial killer and cannibal. He was known as the Ruhr Cannibal (Ruhrkannibale), and the Duisburg Man-Eater (Duisburger Menschenfresser). He was convicted of eight murders but confessed to a total of thirteen.
On July 3rd, 1976 Kroll was arrested for kidnapping and killing a four-year-old girl named Marion Ketter. As police went from home to home, a neighbor approached a policeman and told him that the waste-pipe in his apartment building had blocked up, and when he had asked his neighbour, Kroll, whether he knew what had been blocking the pipe, Kroll had simply replied; “Guts”. Upon this report, the police went up to Kroll’s apartment and found the body of the Ketter girl cut up: some parts were in the fridge, a hand was cooking in a pan of boiling water and the intestines were found stuck in the waste-pipe.
Kroll said that he often sliced portions of flesh from his victims to cook and eat them, claiming he did this to save on his grocery bills. In custody he believed that he was going to get a simple operation to cure him of his homicidal urges and would then be released from prison. Instead he was charged with eight murders and one attempted murder. In April of 1982, after a 151-day trial, he was convicted on all counts and was given nine life sentences. He died of a heart attack on July 1st, 1991 in prison in Rheinbach, near Bonn.