Katharina Heinitz Born: 1980
Asphyxiated: September 29th, 2007
Residence: Dresden
Origin: Victim: Germany; Perpetrator: Turkey
Children: 1 daughter (7 years old at the time of the crime)
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Mehmet S. (34 years old)
Mehmet is a kebab vendor, married and has 4 children. He begins an affair with the singer Katharina. She sings in the band Menichal Servants. Because he does not want a divorce, Katharina separates from him in the winter of 2006/2007. It will later be said in court that he wanted to live a life with 2 women.
Mehmet starts stalking his ex-lover, police notes are there from February to April 2007.
On September 29, 2007, Mehmet first abuses Katharina's mother (age 53). He gags and ties her up and steals her key to Katharina's apartment. The mother is able to free herself and calls the police. In the meantime, however, Mehmet has already suffocated Katharina, while her daughter, who is disabled after suffering from meningitis, sleeps in the room next door.
Mehmet then turns himself in to the police. In July 2008, the trial begins before the Dresden Regional Court. In January 2009, the perpetrator is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.