Here's what you need to know about this extraordinary criminal case involving a man considered the most prolific serial killer in German post-war history.
A German nurse believed to be the
most prolific serial killer in the country's post-war history was handed a life sentence Thursday for killing 85 patients in his care.
Former nurse Niels Högel, accused of killing more than 100 patients in his care, will go on trial Tuesday in the biggest serial killing trial in Germany's post-war history.
A German male nurse serving a life term for killing six hospital patients with lethal drugs out of "boredom" will go on trial in October for another 97 murders, the court said Friday.
After body parts were found in the garage of an apparently normal pensioner who died in 2014, police believe they are dealing with murders stretching back four decades.
Police took DNA samples from 5,000 elderly men in the town of Weiskirchen near the French border this week in a bid to nab an old serial killer who has been writing the cops anonymous letters, AFP's Arnaud Bouvier reports.