Özlem born: 1958
stabbed: 21 January 2009
Residence: Wiesbaden
Origin: perpetrator: Iran
Children:
Perpetrator: her husband Javad B. (age 52 at the time of the crime)
In the afternoon of January 21, 2009, Javad, an Iranian, stabs his one year younger wife to death in their shared apartment. He informs the police and is arrested without resistance. The act was preceded by many divorces.
In court, the 52-year-old claimed it was an accident during an argument. His wife had blamed him for years in the 22-year marriage because he did not want to work. His profession is listed in the press as "actor and writer".
In August 2009, the Wiesbaden district court declared the perpetrator insane and locked him up in a psychiatric institution indefinitely.
What speaks for an honor killing anyway? For example, the fact that the murder was committed with 23 knife stabs, the timing of the crime (she wanted a divorce) and the reason for the crime: "She challenged me."
Özlem is not the woman's real name.