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Austrian police question man in deaths 5 relatives

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May 14, 2008
        
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA, Austria -- Police in the Austrian capital are questioning a 39-year-old man who has said he killed his wife and 7-year-old daughter. Authorities are also trying to determine if he killed his parents and father-in-law who also have been found dead. Police spokeswoman... [read full story]                    

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Austrian Axe Murderer Planned Killings for Weeks [Butchered Own Family]

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Austrian Axe Murderer Planned Killings for Weeks [Butchered Own Family]

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May 16, 2008
        

An Austrian man who killed five members of his family with an axe on Tuesday reportedly planned the killings for weeks. 39-year-old Reinhard Steinbauer showed no emotion when he walked into a police station and confessed to killing first his wife and daughter, and later his parents and...

                   

Austrian man kills five family members after investment loss

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May 16, 2008
        

AN AUSTRIAN man who lost a six-figure sum in bad investments has admitted killing five family members with an axe to spare them the "disgrace" of financial ruin. The 39-year-old public relations consultant, identified only as Reinhard S, walked into a Vienna police station at 3.20am yesterday,...

                   

Austrian hacks family to death

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May 15, 2008
        

VIENNA, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - An Austrian man has confessed to hacking his wife, daughter, parents and father-in-law to death with an axe, leaving the bodies strewn at locations throughout the country, police said Wednesday. The bodies of the 39-year-old man's family were discovered in Vienna,...

                   

Police: Austrian ax murderer believes he did the right thing

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May 15, 2008
        

Police say an Austrian man who killed five family members with an ax to spare them the shame of financial ruin believes he did the right thing. The Austria Press Agency quotes criminal investigator Thomas Stecher as saying Thursday that the 39-year-old man said thinks he acted appropriately and...

                   

Axe murderer 'relieved' at end of kill spree

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May 15, 2008
        

Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Vienna AN Austrian man who confessed to hacking his wife, daughter, parents and father-in-law to death with an axe felt exhausted but "relieved" after his killing spree, police say. The 39-year-old man, identified as Reinhard S, told...

                   

Man who butchered family 'relieved' after spree

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May 15, 2008
        

From correspondents in Vienna Article from: Agence France-Presse AN Austrian man who confessed to hacking his wife, daughter, parents and father-in-law to death with an axe felt exhausted but "relieved" after his killing spree, police say. The 39-year-old man, identified as Reinhard S, told...

                   

Axe murderer 'relieved' after spree

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May 15, 2008
        

Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Vienna AN Austrian man who confessed to hacking his wife, daughter, parents and father-in-law to death with an axe felt exhausted but "relieved" after his killing spree, police said today. The 39-year-old man, identified as Reinhard S,...

                   

Why I killed family with axe

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May 15, 2008
        

An Austrian man gave himself up to police and calmly explained he had killed five members of his family to spare them the shame of his financial ruin. Investigators yesterday found the bodies of the man's wife and seven-year-old daughter at the family's home in an affluent part of Vienna. Both...

                   

Man slaughters family 'to spare shame'

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May 15, 2008
        

An Austrian man gave himself up to police and calmly explained he had killed five members of his family to spare them the shame of his financial ruin. Investigators yesterday found the bodies of the man's wife and seven-year-old daughter at the family's home in an affluent part of Vienna. Both...

                   
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CNN - 'Shamed' Austrian Man Kills Family With Ax

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May 14, 2008
        

Austrian man confesses to killing five family members with an ax, police say Man walked into a Vienna police station in early hours of Wednesday morning Man says he killed family to spare them shame of financial ruin Five victims were his wife, his 7-year-old daughter, parents and father-in-law...

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