Murderer from Sontheim: Finally identified 17 -year -old body!

Murderer from Sontheim: Finally identified 17 -year -old body!

In February 2008, two workers on the Brenner motorway in South Tyrol came across a terrible discovery: a body without a head that was stored in a box. This cruel puzzle has now been solved, 17 years later. As SWR Aktuell , the Bozen public prosecutor was able to clarify the identity of the dead. It is Mustafa S., who is considered the son -in -law of the convicted main perpetrator from Sontheim.

The public prosecutor confirmed that Mustafa S., who was only 20 years old at the time of his death, is the third victim of a series of murder that was committed by the P. family from Sontheim. The main perpetrator, Alfonso P., admitted in 2024 that he strangled Mustafa and disposed of the body in Italy. The cruel action is part of a pattern that started in 2014 when the daughter of the perpetrator lost her new friend, followed by a businessman in 2019.

a cruel family circle

Alfonso P. and his two sons, Giovanni and Giacomo, were sentenced to long prison terms in 2019 and 2020 by the Ellwangen district court. Alfonso even received lifelong imprisonment, combined with preventive detention, because of two murders and one manslaughter. The identity of Mustafa was confirmed by a DNA test and the identification of his widow based on clothing and other characteristics. To date, however, the victim's head has disappeared.

The autopsy showed that Mustafa was strangled and beheaded with an "exceptionally precise" cut. The torso, wrapped in a blue work overall and surrounded with adhesive tape, was discovered on February 21, 2008 near the burner highway. This cruel review runs through the history of murder in Sontheim, where the victims mostly died in a similar cruel way and their remains were not treated carefully, but were often dismembered in frozen chests, such as Bild describes.

crime situation in Germany

The shocking circumstances around the series of murder also lead a light on the general crime situation in Germany. In 2024, police crime statistics (PKS) recorded a decline in crime by 1.7 % to almost 5.84 million cases. Nevertheless, it turns out that crimes against personal freedom and especially violent crimes such as murder and homicide retain a high level of relevance. The last surveys show a decrease in suspects, but the number of unreported cases should not be underestimated.

It is worrying that despite a decline in some crimes, other crimes increase that affect people's feeling of security. The clearance rate for crimes was 58 %in 2024, which means a slight decline compared to the previous year. This happens in a context where society has to deal with the question of security and the challenges for the law enforcement authorities increase how Statista

The horror that hovers around the crimes in Sontheim is an example of the abysses of human action that can still break the surface in a modern Germany. It is to be hoped that the clarification of such acts will achieve a piece of justice for the bereaved.