Alfred Engleder

Alfred Engleder
Born 1920
Sierning, Austria
Died April 30, 1993(1993-04-30) (aged 72–73)
Vienna, Austria
Cause of death Stabbed by his girlfriend
Other names "The Beast of Sierning"
"The Bricklayer Murderer"
Criminal penalty Life imprisonment
Conviction(s) Murder 2x, Attempted murder 4x
Details
Victims 2
Span of crimes
 1955–1957
Country Austria
State(s) Steyr
Date apprehended
 June 19, 1957

Alfred Engleder (born 1920 in Sierning - died April 30, 1993 in Vienna) was an Austrian laborer and serial killer, who became known as the "Beast of Sierning" and "The Bricklayer Murderer".

Life

Alfred Engleder was proven to have committed two murders and four attempted murders. The initially unsuccessful search operation for Engleder years later served the cabaret artist Helmut Qualtinger as a model for the crime enterprise "Kornmandl". The false suspicion and detention of physician Günther Hoflehner after the first murder was the subject of the 1958 feature film "Confess, Doctor Corda".

In his actions, Engleder always followed the same pattern. Riding on a bicycle, he approached women and hit them in the head with a heavy hammer, to subsequently rape the injured victim. Between 1951 and 1957 he incapacitated and raped six women in the Steyr region, where on November 10, 1955, Margarete Fluch and on June 10, 1957 Herta Feichtiger died. While attacking his sixth victim on June 15, 1957, he was surprised by a motorcyclist and fled. He left his bike and clock on the scene, which finally convicted him.

After a huge search, Engleder was arrested on June 19, 1957, by forester Johann Hansal on the Czech border at the Customs Guard.[1] As a motive Engleder stated "hatred of women". He felt betrayed by them. He divorced his first wife and only entered a second marriage because a child was expected. In 1958 he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Steyr for murder in two cases and attempted murder in four cases, but was released on probation after 26 years and found merciful reception in the Schottenstift monastery in Vienna. On April 8, 1993, he was attacked in Vienna by his new girlfriend, a prostitute, with a knife and injured. After 22 days, he succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.[2]

Literature

  • Andreas Zeppelzauer, Regina Zeppelzauer: Mord. Die spektakulärsten Mordfälle Österreichs. Psychogramme, Bilder und Berichte. Publisher for collectors, 2005, ISBN 3-85365-215-8, S. 31 ff[3]

References

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