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| Dead German pensioner may have been Frankfurt serial killer | Dead German pensioner may have been Frankfurt serial killer |
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| A pensioner who died in 2014 could have been behind a spate of sadistic killings in the 1970s and 1990s, German investigators say. | A pensioner who died in 2014 could have been behind a spate of sadistic killings in the 1970s and 1990s, German investigators say. |
| They are examining Manfred Seel's links with the murders of five women and a teenage boy. Organs had been taken from all of the victims' bodies. | They are examining Manfred Seel's links with the murders of five women and a teenage boy. Organs had been taken from all of the victims' bodies. |
| The five women were all working as prostitutes when they died. | The five women were all working as prostitutes when they died. |
| Investigators say it is possible the killer had an accomplice and that there may have been other victims. | Investigators say it is possible the killer had an accomplice and that there may have been other victims. |
| The man has been identified as a landscape architect from the town of Schwalbach near Frankfurt who was 67 when he died. | The man has been identified as a landscape architect from the town of Schwalbach near Frankfurt who was 67 when he died. |
| Suspicions were raised after the pensioner's death, when his daughter found a woman's remains inside a barrel in a garage he had rented. | Suspicions were raised after the pensioner's death, when his daughter found a woman's remains inside a barrel in a garage he had rented. |
| They belonged to Britta Simone Diallo, who had been living in Frankfurt and working as a prostitute. | They belonged to Britta Simone Diallo, who had been living in Frankfurt and working as a prostitute. |
| Investigators say there is no doubt that he killed her. | Investigators say there is no doubt that he killed her. |
| Seel is suspected of carrying out the murders of Gudrun Ebel and Hatice Eruelkeroglu in 1971, Gisela Singh in 1991, Dominique Monrose in 1993 and Tristan Bruebach in 1998. | Seel is suspected of carrying out the murders of Gudrun Ebel and Hatice Eruelkeroglu in 1971, Gisela Singh in 1991, Dominique Monrose in 1993 and Tristan Bruebach in 1998. |
| Investigators suggested that the 20-year gap may have been a time when he was busy, for example with raising a family. | Investigators suggested that the 20-year gap may have been a time when he was busy, for example with raising a family. |
| The victims' wounds matched injuries depicted in violent pornography found on Seel's computer. | The victims' wounds matched injuries depicted in violent pornography found on Seel's computer. |
| He also had more than 32,000 images involving cannibalism and glorifying violence. | He also had more than 32,000 images involving cannibalism and glorifying violence. |
| The only male victim Manfred Seel is suspected of murdering is Tristan Bruebach, a 13-year-old boy whose throat was cut while he was walking home from school in 1998. The teenager's mutilated body was found in a tunnel in Frankfurt. | The only male victim Manfred Seel is suspected of murdering is Tristan Bruebach, a 13-year-old boy whose throat was cut while he was walking home from school in 1998. The teenager's mutilated body was found in a tunnel in Frankfurt. |
| The six murders all happened in and around Frankfurt. But detectives from the Hessen State Office of Criminal Investigations (LKA) say they are now examining hundreds of cold cases. | The six murders all happened in and around Frankfurt. But detectives from the Hessen State Office of Criminal Investigations (LKA) say they are now examining hundreds of cold cases. |
| Police are looking for clues that might link Seel to further killings. They are also looking for people he knew and came into contact with |