Editing Suzane von Richthofen (section)

==Motives==
[[File:Happy Family Richtofen.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Richthofen family. From left to right: Suzane, Andreas, Marisia and Manfred]]
Suzane's parents initially allowed her to date Daniel, believing it to be a temporary crush, but changed their mind as it went on and when they discovered that he used marijuana almost daily, was unwilling to work or attend school, and came from a lower-class background (although Daniel himself asserted the opposite on his trial: that he worked hard and didn't smoke). In July 2002, while Suzane's parents were on vacation, Daniel moved into the house for a month. When the parents came back home, Suzane suggested they buy her a flat where she could live with Daniel. Her father refused, saying that she could do whatever she liked only if she earned money herself.

Suzane continued to meet Daniel in secret and claimed that her actions were motivated by love and a fear that Daniel would leave her. Her lawyer, Denivaldo Barni, said that Suzane had no motive at all, but was forced to the crime by Daniel, whom she adored like a god. 

Another reason may have been the parents' wealth, estimated at about 17 million dollars, which Suzane would inherit in the event of the parents' death. As Prosecutor Roberto Tardelli put it, Suzane wanted to "get her hands on the money and assets her parents had worked so hard to obtain"; she "wanted her freedom and independence without having to work for it".
[[File:Young-Suzane-von-Richthofen.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A young Suzane, around the time she committed the murder]]