He had organized demonstrations against the corona measures, held parties in a garden during the pandemic and was due to stand trial for hate speech. But now Florian O.’s life took a dramatic turn – during a police check.
“I know they’re looking for me. I don’t have a driver’s license and I have a dead body in the trunk!” – With this statement, Florian O. (39), who has become known as the leading corona denier and opponent of measures, from Puchenau, confronted the police who had arrested him in Ansfelden.
In fact, in the trunk of the Mazda 3 lay the body of Tanja (38), wrapped in sheets – the three children (two eleven- and fifteen-year-old boys, a five-year-old girl) were also in the car.
children to grandparents
They were immediately taken to the grandparents, as the director of the state police, Andreas Pilsl, explained. “No one is prepared for a situation like this,” he said at a news conference.
Cancer treatment refused
Florian O. had stated on the spot that he had picked up his wife, who suffered from breast cancer that had not been treated voluntarily, the same day and that she had died around 6 p.m. at a secret outdoor location in the presence of the children. “In my arms,” said the 39-year-old, who was then arrested. “Since then he has invoked the right not to make statements,” says Ulrike Breiteneder, spokeswoman for the Linz public prosecutor’s office, which is investigating disturbing the peace of the dead. The autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday and should show whether the statements can be correct, but they would be “coherent”. To be sure, it is also checked whether the death was natural.
I wanted to deposit the body for the hospital
According to the widower, he did not want to bury the body himself, but first bring the children to relatives before placing the deceased woman in front of a hospital or informing the rescue team.
The last chapter of a Schürbler career to date
The macabre events in Ansfelden are the most dramatic chapters yet about Florian O. Born in Wels and trained as a gardener, he slipped deep into the Schwurbler scene with his family during the Corona period. He is responsible for some 30 protest events, including the famous garden parties during the lockdown in Linz, which he called the psychosocial work of a self-help group. He acted as the “Honorary President of the Linz Garden Association” and allegedly presented investigators with forged certificates for mask exemption.
process lost
He lost an appeal against fines to the administrative court. In addition, he is said to have trivialized the Nazi era in speeches. The state objector rejects authorities. On March 16, 2022, he was sentenced to twelve months in prison, four of which were unconditional, for defamation, false testimony, slander, insult and falsification of evidence.
“He was released early after three months,” says Walter Eichinger of the Linz Regional Court, where proceedings under the Prohibition Act are pending against Florian O. for downplaying crimes committed by National Socialism – the presumption of innocence applies. He did not come to court on August 31, 2022 and went into hiding – until he arrived at the traffic control with his wife’s corpse.
Source: Krone
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