The Case of Lorenz Schleitenbauer

Lorenz Schlittenbauer was the neighbour who discovered the bodies at Hinter Kieffek. He had a brief romantic relationship with Victoria Gabriel, 13 years his junior. In late 1918 he asked Andreas for permission to marry Victoria on the condition that Andreas ceased having sexual relations with her. When Lorenz next saw Victoria, she said she was pregnant with his child. He refused to accept this, convinced that Andreas was really the father. Three days after Joseph was born, Lorenz reported Victoria and her father to the authorities for incest - they were both later cleared of any wrongdoing. Other suspects included a former soldier who escaped from a Bavarian mental health hospital a year before the murders