Suzane von Richthofen: Difference between revisions

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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|~~300px~~|right|thumb|A young Suzane, around the time she committed the murder]]

[[File:Young-Suzane-von-Richthofen.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A young Suzane, around the time she committed the murder]]

==Crime==

Suzane planned the murder of her parents for months. In the late hours of 31 October 2002, she checked if they were already asleep, then disconnected the alarm system of the estate and opened the door to her boyfriend Daniel and his brother Christian (26 years old), who had been waiting outside. The brothers went upstairs to the parents' bedroom and struck them with iron bars before strangling them with towels. Suzane was waiting in the living room downstairs. After the murder was accomplished, the three staged a break-in by pocketing money they found, spreading papers in the library, and creating a mess in the house. Suzane and Daniel then went to a motel, while Christian ate at a fast food restaurant.

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 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|300px|right|thumb|A young Suzane, around the time she committed the murder]]
+[[File:Young-Suzane-von-Richthofen.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A young Suzane, around the time she committed the murder]]
 ==Crime==
 Suzane planned the murder of her parents for months. In the late hours of 31 October 2002, she checked if they were already asleep, then disconnected the alarm system of the estate and opened the door to her boyfriend Daniel and his brother Christian (26 years old), who had been waiting outside. The brothers went upstairs to the parents' bedroom and struck them with iron bars before strangling them with towels. Suzane was waiting in the living room downstairs. After the murder was accomplished, the three staged a break-in by pocketing money they found, spreading papers in the library, and creating a mess in the house. Suzane and Daniel then went to a motel, while Christian ate at a fast food restaurant.