The lawyer for sex monster Josef Fritzl is representing the suspected killer of influencer Stefanie Pieper, whose body was found in a suitcase in the woods.
Stefanie, 32, was allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend after coming home from a Christmas party on 23 November.
She sent a message to a friend, saying “there’s a creep in the stairwell” and describing a “dark figure.”
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The Austrian influencer’s body was found by the police after they arrested and questioned her ex, named Aatrick M.
He claimed the crime occurred after the two had a heated argument in her flat.
The 31-year-old is accused of strangling Stefanie to death before packing her body in a suitcase and burying it in a forest near the Austrian-Slovenian border.
In an update on Saturday (29 Nov), the police said Patrick had led them to the victim’s burial site and confessed to her murder, as reported by Need To Know.
The suspect is being represented by lawyer Astrid Wagner, famous for defending Josef Fritzl, also known as the Monster of Amstetten.
She said, “My client says he doesn’t understand how he could have been capable of something so terrible.
“He can’t understand how he could have been capable of killing the woman he loved more than anything.
“My client is completely broken.”
Patrick, a former shipping clerk, part-time security guard, and poker player, claims that Stefanie let him into her apartment on the day she disappeared.
One neighbour heard him shouting “you’ve ruined everything” and she yelled back “you should leave, but first I want my money, then you can”.
Neighbours said that the two were separated for months.
After allegedly killing the influencer, he is suspected of driving 90 minutes into Slovenia to bury her body in the forest.
The suspect faces a life sentence if convicted of killing his ex-partner.
The investigation is ongoing.
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