Clinic staff at Haar District Hospital noticed smoke in the psychiatric ward in building E 56 at around 10.15 am on Tuesday, May 31. The smoke came from the bathroom of a patient on the ground floor.
The fire brigade extinguished the flames. The occupant of the room was found under a pile of clothes and two mattresses. The 40-year-old woman from Munich was dead. Her body had evidence of blunt force trauma: she had been injured more than 20 times on the head and also several times on the body. In the room, the alleged perpetrator, a 32-year-old woman from Munich with Brazilian roots, was standing with a metal bar in one hand and a lighter in the other. Clinic staff then tied her up and took her to another room.
“Accordingly, we are currently assuming a premeditated homicide,” said police spokesperson Benjamin Castro Tellez. A post-mortem examination of the deceased has been ordered and has been ongoing since Wednesday morning.
It was not clear at first whether the 40-year-old woman died as a result of the fire or was already dead when the fire was set. The coroner’s report is expected on Wednesday. The homicide squad is investigating. The police arrested one person.
The 32-year-old from Munich is registered as male in her papers, but describes herself as “diverse”. Victim and suspect lived in the same building on the same floor, but in separate rooms.
The women are said not to have known each other closely. The 32-year-old was admitted to the Isar-Amper Clinic on Monday.
The Munich woman had attracted attention in the old town because she made a confused and aggressive impression on the street. Passers-by called the police. She had already attracted attention several times and had several records: four for assault, two for attempted suicide and one for stalking. According to the newspaper AZ information, she was working in the red-light district.
The 32-year-old was taken to a psychiatric hospital because she was a danger to others and to herself. The public prosecutor’s office applied to the magistrate for a warrant of committal. She is accused of murder with cruelty as a murder characteristic, she had “inflicted special pain and agony” on the victim. The motive for the crime is completely unclear.
Already in November 2021, there was a homicide in the psychiatric ward in Haar. A 35-year-old man had killed his 53-year-old neighbour.