A German serial killer who murdered five female hitchhikers accidentally killed himself performing a strange solo sex act in his prison cell over the weekend, reports claim.
Egidius Schiffer, dubbed the “Aachen Strangler,” gave himself a fatal electric shock after tying a cable from a lamp around his penis and nipples, police said.
He was still tied up when guards at Bochum prison, in the North Rhine-Westphalia state, opened his room up on Monday morning, the Times reported.
Prison spokeswoman Candida Tunkel said: “He removed a cable from his bedside table lamp. Then he wound it around his nipples and his penis and stuck the end in a power socket.”
A post-mortem established Schiffer, 62, died of heart failure as a result of an electric current flowing through his chest.
Cops said they did not suspect foul play and his lawyer claimed the murderer was not suicidal.
Schiffer was sentenced to life in 2008 for a string of grisly murders committed between 1983 and 1990.
The authorities used DNA evidence to convict him 18 years after his final murder.
He picked up his victims, one of whom was just 15, as they tried to hitch rides home from nightclubs before handcuffing and tying them up.
The monster raped three of the women and buried them in the woods.
The former insurance salesman was arrested back in 2007 while stealing scrap metal.
He decided to give a DNA sample voluntarily which eventually connected him to the unsolved murders.
Schiffer initially confessed before withdrawing his testimony, claiming he was sadomasochistic and the thought of being locked up excited him.
Via: https://nypost.com/2018/07/25/serial-killer-accidentally-kills-himself-in-jail-during-sex-act/
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Lions Kill Rhino Poachers
Suspected poachers sneaked onto a South African game reserve to hunt rhinos, but a pride of lions found them instead.
A guide at the Sibuya Game Reserve spotted what appeared to be human remains on Tuesday near the group of lions, according to reserve owner Nick Fox. It was getting too dark to search the area, so police came back the next day with the reserve's anti-poaching unit and other specialists.
The remains were strewn over an area covered with thick brush and Fox said it was impossible to know how many people were killed.
Investigators did find three pairs of boots and three pairs of gloves.
They also found a high-powered rifle with a silencer, wire cutters and an ax that Fox said would have been used to remove a slain rhino's horns.
"We're almost 100% sure this is connected to rhino poaching," Fox said.
The six lions in the pride were tranquilized while the area was searched.
"Investigators and specialists combed the scene and managed to retrieve remains, which were taken by the Department of Health to conduct forensic testing. Investigation continues and at this stage we are unable to speculate as to how the remains ended up at the scene," South African Police Service Capt. Mali Govender said in a statement.
Fox said he thinks the poachers got onto the reserve on Sunday night or early Monday morning.
An anti-poaching dog signaled that it noticed something during a patrol about 4:30 a.m. and her handler heard a commotion from the lions. Lions are often active at night, so the noise didn't raise suspicions.
"The anti-poaching unit never suspected anything wrong because it was the lions making noise and not the rhinos," Fox said.
The poachers had a rifle, but they did not get off a shot before the lions took them down, Fox said.
"It was a bit of luck for us and not so much luck for them," he said.
The poachers were apparently on foot when they encountered the lions, which is very dangerous.
Fox said reserve staff and guests never go near the lions unless they're in big trucks.
He said they're watching the lions closely and they have shown no signs of being aggressive around vehicles.
Rhinos are endangered and are prized for their horns.
In 2016, poachers killed three rhinos at the Sibuya Game Reserve and hacked off their horns.
Fox said security was increased at the 25 square kilometer reserve in Kenton on Sea and installed more cameras to monitor the rhinos.
Via: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/world/south-africa-poachers-killed-trnd/index.html
A guide at the Sibuya Game Reserve spotted what appeared to be human remains on Tuesday near the group of lions, according to reserve owner Nick Fox. It was getting too dark to search the area, so police came back the next day with the reserve's anti-poaching unit and other specialists.
The remains were strewn over an area covered with thick brush and Fox said it was impossible to know how many people were killed.Investigators did find three pairs of boots and three pairs of gloves.
They also found a high-powered rifle with a silencer, wire cutters and an ax that Fox said would have been used to remove a slain rhino's horns.
"We're almost 100% sure this is connected to rhino poaching," Fox said.
The six lions in the pride were tranquilized while the area was searched.
"Investigators and specialists combed the scene and managed to retrieve remains, which were taken by the Department of Health to conduct forensic testing. Investigation continues and at this stage we are unable to speculate as to how the remains ended up at the scene," South African Police Service Capt. Mali Govender said in a statement.
Fox said he thinks the poachers got onto the reserve on Sunday night or early Monday morning.
An anti-poaching dog signaled that it noticed something during a patrol about 4:30 a.m. and her handler heard a commotion from the lions. Lions are often active at night, so the noise didn't raise suspicions.
"The anti-poaching unit never suspected anything wrong because it was the lions making noise and not the rhinos," Fox said.
The poachers had a rifle, but they did not get off a shot before the lions took them down, Fox said.
"It was a bit of luck for us and not so much luck for them," he said.
The poachers were apparently on foot when they encountered the lions, which is very dangerous.
Fox said reserve staff and guests never go near the lions unless they're in big trucks.
He said they're watching the lions closely and they have shown no signs of being aggressive around vehicles.
Rhinos are endangered and are prized for their horns.
In 2016, poachers killed three rhinos at the Sibuya Game Reserve and hacked off their horns.
Fox said security was increased at the 25 square kilometer reserve in Kenton on Sea and installed more cameras to monitor the rhinos.
Via: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/world/south-africa-poachers-killed-trnd/index.html
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Honeymooning couple collide in fatal zip line accident
An Israeli man on his honeymoon was killed and his wife seriously injured in a freak accident involving a zip line in Honduras, according to reports.
Egael Tishman, 24, and Shif Fanken, 27, collided with each other Thursday over a treetop canopy near Roatan, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The newlywed couple was reportedly on a cruise that stopped in the popular tourist destination, about 160 miles from Tegucigalpa.
Officials said that Fanken became stuck on the zip line cable and her husband crashed into her.
“The girl stayed halfway on the cable and the guy came from behind and hit her,” local firefighter Wilmer Guerrero told La Prensa newspaper.
Fankan was rushed to a hospital in serious condition and later airlifted to another facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Via: http://www.laprensa.hn/sucesos/1195324-410/turista-muere-cuando-hacia-canopy-roatan
Egael Tishman, 24, and Shif Fanken, 27, collided with each other Thursday over a treetop canopy near Roatan, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
The newlywed couple was reportedly on a cruise that stopped in the popular tourist destination, about 160 miles from Tegucigalpa.
Officials said that Fanken became stuck on the zip line cable and her husband crashed into her.
“The girl stayed halfway on the cable and the guy came from behind and hit her,” local firefighter Wilmer Guerrero told La Prensa newspaper.
Fankan was rushed to a hospital in serious condition and later airlifted to another facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Via: http://www.laprensa.hn/sucesos/1195324-410/turista-muere-cuando-hacia-canopy-roatan
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