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Werner Ferrari (born 29 December 1946) is a Swiss serial killer. As a fivefold child murderer, he is one of the most infamous inmates in Switzerland. His method was to kidnap or lure children away from popular festivals, abuse some of them and then strangle them.
Youth and first conviction
Ferrari grew up in various nurseries and was considered an introvert. He did various jobs as a labourer.
In 1971, Ferrari committed his first murder in Reinach, Basel-Landschaft - there he murdered 10-year-old Daniel Schwan. Ferrari was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and was released after 8 years from the Zürich detention centre in Regensdorf.
Killings
Between May 1980 and August 1989, eleven children between the ages of 6 and 14 were abducted in eight different Swiss cantons. While eight were brutally murdered, three are still missing today: Peter Roth (8) from Mogelsberg, Sarah Oberson (6) from Saxon and Edith Trittenbass (9) from Gass-Wetzikon. This investigation is considered the longest-running in Swiss history, with the duration being almost ten years.
On 30 August 1989, four days after the murder of Fabienne Imhof, Werner Ferrari called the police over the phone, saying that he had nothing to do with her death. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested in his apartment in Olten, and he confessed to four murders. However, Ferrari vehemently denied involvement in the murder of 12-year-old Ruth Steinmann, who was found on 16 May 1980, in a wooded area near Würenlos.
Arrest and trial
In 1995, Ferrari was sentenced by the Baden District Court for five murders to life imprisonment, including the murder of Steinmann. Seven years later, research by journalist and author Peter Holenstein revealed clues that Ferrari could not be responsible for that murder. Among other things, DNA analysis revealed that the pubic hair found on Steinmann's body did not match to Ferrari.
Due to Holenstein's research, the Canton of Aargau's Supreme Court overturned the 2004 conviction against Ferrari in the Steinmann case and dismissed it to the Baden District Court for reassessment. As a result, another suspect who had committed suicide in Wolfhalden in March 1983 was brought up. A dental report by the Scientific Service of the Zürich City Police revealed bite marks on the girl's body which were certainly not Ferrari's, but from the aforementioned suspect who looked very similar to him. In a nationwide revision process, Werner Ferrari was acquitted of Ruth Steinmann's murder on 10 April 2007, by the Baden District Court; however, he remains imprisoned for four other murders.
The victims
Daniel (died 1971 in Reinach, 10 years old)
Benjamin (died 1983, 10 years old) from Kloten
Daniel (died 1985, 7 years old) from Rümlang
Christian (died 1987, 10 years old) from Windisch
Fabienne (died 1989 in Hägendorf, 9 years old).
Literature
Peter Holenstein: The Unbelievable. The Murderous Life of Werner Ferrari.Oesch Verlag AG, Zürich 2002, ISBN 3-0350-2001-9.
Documentation
Daniela Dardel: The child murderer Werner Ferrari. From the series of criminal cases that moved Switzerland. SF 2007. (Online-Video, 35 Minutes).
See also
List of serial killers by country
References
External links
Peter Holenstein: Das Rätsel vom «Chefihau». In: Die Weltwoche 17/2004.
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