Explore 24 documented cases from Austria. Each file separates established findings from allegations and unresolved questions, with a focus on investigation rather than graphic detail.
Holger Holz and Manfred Hinterberger were murdered two years apart in Vienna. Estibaliz Carranza confessed, was convicted of both murders in 2012, and the Vienna Higher Regional Court made her life sentence final in March 2013.
Open case file →During prison leave in January 1980, Werner Kniesek killed Gertrude, Walter and Ingrid Altreiter in St. Pölten. He was arrested, convicted of three murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Open case file →Stefanie N., 28 and eight months pregnant, was murdered in Frastanz in 2015. Her former partner was convicted, and the life sentence remained in force after appellate review in 2018.
Open case file →Daniela Kammerer was murdered in Innsbruck in 2005. A former fellow student was indicted in 2026 after renewed DNA analysis, and the indictment was cleared for trial in August; no verdict had been reported by September 1, 2026.
Open case file →Elfriede Hochgatter was murdered in Linz in 1986. Tibor Foco was convicted, escaped custody in 1995, then had that judgment overturned; a new murder indictment followed, but he remains a fugitive and has not faced the retrial.
Open case file →Martha Marek was convicted in Vienna in 1938 of four poisoning murders involving her husband, daughter, a relative and a lodger, in a case tied to inheritance and insurance money.
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The cargo ship Lucona sank after an explosion in 1977, killing six people. Udo Proksch was later convicted of six murders, six attempted murders and attempted serious insurance fraud.
Open case file →A 32-year-old woman and her teenage daughter were killed in their Vienna-Mariahilf home in August 2022. The woman's 49-year-old partner fled to France, was extradited, admitted the double murder at trial and received a final life sentence in February 2023.
Open case file →A 14-year-old boy was killed and five others seriously injured in Villach in 2025. The attacker was convicted of murder, attempted murder and terrorist offences and received a final life sentence in 2026.
Open case file →Five people from one household circle were killed in Kitzbühel in October 2019. The defendant pleaded guilty and received a final life sentence in 2020.
Open case file →Three victims were killed and dozens wounded at Vienna-Schwechat Airport in December 1985. Two surviving attackers were captured and later sentenced to life imprisonment.
Open case file →Sixteen-year-old Michelle F. was killed in Steyr in 2018. Her teenage boyfriend's murder conviction and 13.5-year sentence became final in 2020.
Open case file →Two people were killed and numerous others wounded outside Vienna's Stadttempel. Austrian courts sentenced the two direct attackers to life imprisonment.
Open case file →French exchange student Lucile Klobut was killed in Kufstein in 2014. Cross-border forensic evidence led to a unanimous Austrian murder conviction that became final in 2020.
Open case file →Thirteen-year-old Leonie died in Vienna in 2021. Three men were convicted of rape and murder, with final sentences ranging from 19 years to life imprisonment.
Open case file →Four people were killed in central Vienna in November 2020. The attacker was killed by police, and courts later convicted men who had assisted him before the attack.
Open case file →Elfriede Blauensteiner was convicted of three murders involving poisoned medication and financial gain, receiving life imprisonment in 1997.
Open case file →Sixteen-year-old Julia Kührer disappeared in 2006. Her remains were found five years later, leading to a circumstantial-evidence murder conviction.
Open case file →In June 2015, a driver deliberately attacked people across central Graz, killing three. A jury later convicted him of three murders and 108 attempted murders.
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Jack Unterweger was an Austrian murderer who became a celebrated writer after an early conviction, was released, and later was linked to a new series of killings in Austria and abroad.
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Ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was abducted in Vienna in 1998 and held captive by Wolfgang Přiklopil for more than eight years before escaping in 2006.
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Four nurses at Vienna’s Lainz General Hospital were convicted in connection with the deliberate deaths of patients during the 1980s.
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Franz Fuchs carried out a campaign of letter and pipe bombs in Austria targeting minorities and people associated with refugee support and multicultural causes.
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