More and more details are now known about the perpetrator of Mooskirchen (Styria). A friend of the 89-year-old hunter, who is said to have killed his stepson after years of fighting, tells the story.
June 1 starts like any other day in quiet Mooskirchen. On the market square, Gerold Hochstrasser meets his comrade who has had coffee with his wife. Then the two drive home to the Fluttendorf district. There would have been another fierce argument with the son-in-law. Then the unbelievable happens: the 89-year-old shoots his son-in-law and then himself with a shotgun, while the Cobra manages to rescue the other family members from the house.
known for 40 years
“I’m just so sorry as a person. It shocks me that he let himself be carried away by something like that,” Hochstrasser struggled for words on the ORF program “Theme”. He and the perpetrator have known each other for 40 years, played cards together and were members of the same yacht club.
What remains after this tragedy is why. “He has complained before that he doesn’t get along. But I usually calmed him down and told him to avoid the disagreements.
traumatic childhood
Even the perpetrator’s childhood was marked by conflict and traumatic experiences. The 89-year-old was given away by his mother at a young age. “He grew up as a servant, beaten and treated like the fifth wheel on the wagon.” It was only after his retirement that he found contact with the hunters. Apparently he was looking for a place to belong. “We tried to give him self-respect while hunting.” The pensioner felt very comfortable in the group.
No one in Mooskirchen expected that after his visit to the bar on June 1, no one would see this man again because he committed the sixth bloody crime in Styria this year. He and his 57-year-old stepson will say goodbye on Wednesday.
Source: Krone
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