After "Love Scamming" - father kills own daughter and commits suicide
A father kills his daughter in Essen and is then run over by a train in Mülheim. The 55-year-old had previously fallen victim to love scammers.
A father killed his adult daughter in Essen last week: the police found the 19-year-old's body in her apartment. Police later found the 55-year-old suspect dead after falling in front of a train.
After the 55-year-old's second daughter reported her father missing to the police, the police drove to the home of the whistleblower's 19-year-old sister. Arrived at the apartment, nobody opened the door - the emergency services opened it with force.
19-year-old found dead in her apartment
The police and fire department then found the man's 19-year-old daughter lying dead in the apartment. According to the first information she was killed. A homicide commission took over further investigations. The father and alleged perpetrator was still missing.
On the night of July 20, a male person was found who later turned out to be the father of the dead 19-year-old. The 55-year-old was run over by a train in the Mühlheim city area – the police assume suicide.
Found several suicide notes
During a search of the apartment, the police found several farewell letters left by the father. According to the current status of the investigation, these show that the 55-year-old was the victim of so-called "love scamming".
In "love scamming", the scammers pretend love and affection until a relationship of trust is established. Then they invent an emergency situation in which they demand money and thus deprive the other person of large sums of money.
The father is said to have been heavily in debt – he lost a five-digit amount.The police assume that the 55-year-old killed his daughter first and then himself because of the financial hardship.
police notices
In cases of "love scamming", the Essen police advise caution.
Victims of the scam should not blame themselves. You should confide in other people and also inform the police. Relatives should also seek contact and offer help and not blame those affected.
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This is the “ugly” side of Romance scams. It's my third case in 15 years here where I must read such things.
That's why we're always preaching here, by scams you deal with criminals and it's not a game. That's why thus laughing smileys from newbies in her posting are wrong on place coz situation is serious and you should leave such things to the experts.
