Shocking Story Of Schoolteacher Who Allegedly 'Murdered And Ate A Man He Met On Gay Dating Site'

Stefan R

In what will come across as a really shocking development, a schoolteacher, Stefan R, has been accused of cannibalism/

Stefan R, a German school teacher is suspected of cannibalism in Berlin where police believe he murdered a man he met on a dating site before eating his remains.

The suspect, Stefan R, was arrested on Thursday after fleshless human bones were found in a park and sniffer dogs led detectives to his apartment in the German capital.

Investigations revealed that the 41-year-old had browsed cannibalism-related forums online and had previously asked the internet whether a person could survive after having their penis cut off, according to Bild.

His alleged victim, 44-year-old Stefan Trogisch, had been reported missing by his flatmates in early September after leaving his apartment shortly before midnight and failing to return.

After the pieces of leg bone were found in a park on November 8, police had two sniffer dogs independently follow the trail from different points in the city.

Both of the dogs led investigators to Stefan R's flat, where detectives found an empty wheelbarrow and a cooler.

Traces of the alleged victim's blood were also found at the apartment after forensic tests, according to the Berliner Morgenpost, leading to Stefan R's arrest.

The suspect has so far declined to answer questions.  

Investigators are said to have obtained messages between the alleged killer and victim on a gay dating website, leading police to believe that they agreed to meet.

Detectives also found evidence from Stefan R's internet history which suggested he was interested in cannibalism.

'The suspect had an interest in cannibalism,' said prosecutors' office spokesman Martin Steltner. 'He searched online for the topic.'  

In addition, the meatless bones found by pedestrians in the park raised suspicion that the flesh had been artificially removed.

'Because of the completely fleshless bone, and other evidence, we strongly suspect that Stefan T was the victim of a cannibal,' a police spokesman said.

Prosecutors said it was unclear whether the victim had also had an interest in cannibalism.

Police announced yesterday that the search for the missing Trogisch was now a murder investigation, after tests showed that the bones belonged to him.

Stefan R, said to be a maths and chemistry teacher at a secondary school, was arrested at his home on Wednesday and brought before a judge.

State prosecutors later announced that he had been remanded in investigative custody on suspicion of 'sexual murder with a base motive'.

Trogisch, an electrical mechanic, had not told his flatmates where he was going when he left his East Berlin flat on September 5.

However, authorities had previously stated that he was known to use dating apps to meet male and female partners.

The case has sparked comparisons to a notorious early-2000s cannibal murder in which the killer said his victim was a willing participant.

Armin Meiwes is serving a life sentence over the December 2002 killing of Bernd Juergen Brandes, who he claims answered his online call seeking a young man for 'slaughter and consumption'.

Brandes, an IT manager, had posted an advert for someone to 'obliterate his life and leave no trace'.

After Brandes travelled by train to meet Meiwes, the killer videotaped himself severing his visitor's genitals with a knife before both men tried to eat them.

'Bernd came to me of his own free will to end his life,' Meiwes claimed, saying his victim had wanted to be stabbed to death after overdosing to lose consciousness.

Meiwes was originally convicted of manslaughter in 2004, but federal judges later quashed that verdict and he was found guilty of murder at a retrial in 2006.

The court in Frankfurt said Meiwes was psychologically ill but fully aware of his actions.

Judges also rejected the defence's argument that the act was similar to euthanasia, which is illegal but would have carried a shorter sentence.

Two years ago, a court rejected Meiwes's bid to leave prison after 15 years, saying there was 'currently no favourable outlook' for his future behaviour. 

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Source: Daily Mail UK