Cavus Ünlü Born: 1960
Killed: December 15, 1986
Residence: Munich
Origin: Turkey
Children: probably none
Perpetrators: Osman Ü. (37 years old at the time of the crime), Turan Ü. (30 years old), Senol Ü. (29 years old), cousins
In December 1986, two brothers killed a 26-year-old Turkish construction worker/polisher in the apartment of one of them in Munich. They hit him on the head with an iron bar, put a plastic bag over it and strangled him. A younger brother discharges the corpse into the forest of Deisenhofen. A hunter discovers the body covered in blood in a car. The murder weapon is a tool with sharp edges. Suspicion soon falls on the extended family. But the police can't prove anything against anyone.
In May 2009 - almost 23 years after the murder - the police manage to convict the perpetrators thanks to a new analysis of DNA traces. The investigations reveal: Cavus was married, possibly under duress. In any case, it was an imported bride from Yozgat in central Anatolia. But he lives with another woman. His wife Melahat commits suicide (presumably because of this) in 1986. His two cousins then kill 26-year-old Cavus.
When the police issue the arrest warrant for the eldest (Osman, a bricklayer who is now 59 years old), he is already in prison for pimping. On the same day, cleaner Turan is also arrested, and in June 2009 Senol, who is now on early retirement. He too was already in prison for a sex offense. The three perpetrators are cousins of the deceased woman.
The trial begins in February 2010. The prosecution explicitly speaks of an honor killing. The motive was to restore family honor. For this, the Munich Regional Court sentences all three to life imprisonment in April 2010.