A Horrifying Death at Munich's Psychiatric Hospital - Family Seeks Justice for Kamilla
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Demand for Inquiry into Mental Health Institution Death: Parents of Kamilla Seek Justice - Psychiatric Hospital Death Investigation - Camilla's Parents Seek Justice
"My child was murdered by a monster," weeps Eleonora Nagy. She's baffled that the authorities are trying to hush this up. She insists, "We want justice."
In 2022, her 40-year-old daughter Kamilla met her brutal end in a mental health facility located near Munich. A man, who had previously sworn he'd kill someone, and was thus involuntarily committed, took her life in the very hospital room she sought solace in.
"The gruesome details surrounding this heinous act and why Kamilla lost her life remain shrouded in mystery," explains Jella von Wiarda, lawyer for the bereaved family. They've called for a thorough, rule-of-law investigation and filed a petition for compulsory prosecution at the Munich Appeals Court.
A court spokesperson acknowledges receiving the complaint and the files were requested by the Public Prosecutor's Office. The timeline for a decision remains uncertain.
The Man's Shocking Confession
The man who brutally slayed another patient at the Isar-Amper Clinic later confessed in court that he beat his victim with a metal rod, strangled her with a sweater, and then set her ablaze. His lawyer claimed that his client believed God commanded him to commit the act because the woman was a witch.
"Kamilla wasn't struck by a random vehicle on the street," her mother laments. She was "butchered in a supposed safe haven."
The man had merely been admitted a few hours prior to the act after he admitted to police that he had killed a dog on God's orders and intended to kill a human. According to von Wiarda, he had stabbed his dog with nail scissors in the armpit and then strangled it.
Hours later, he allegedly tore the shower curtain rod and rampaged through the ward with it. Accounts suggest he struck her head numerous times before choking her with a sweater and igniting the fire.
Why Was There No Intervention?
"This man roamed freely on a closed psychiatric ward," explains lawyer von Wiarda. "Unnoticed, he could've torn off the rod." "He walked the ward corridors unhindered with it," she adds. It wasn't until the fire alarm blared that the staff took action.
Reports indicate a time frame of up to an hour. "How long this violent act lasted remains unclear today," von Wiarda states, describing a "terrifying execution."
How was this attack possible without intervention? Why did no one step in? Questions that the deceased's parents, Eleonora Nagy, still grapple with – and at times the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office has asked them too.
In 2022, this office initiated an investigation against unidentified individuals to determine if the treating staff at the clinic had neglected their duties, potentially enabling or simplifying the killer's actions. The charge filed: negligent homicide by omission.
The public prosecutor's office secured expert opinions, interviewed witnesses – and halted the proceedings in January of this year. The reasoning given was: "No criminally relevant behavior could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt." The General Prosecutor's Office in Munich declined to grant a complaint against the decision. The negative verdict was delivered on March 24.
The Isar-Amper Clinic declined to comment on the incident. Neither would they comment on whether security measures have since been enhanced.
Not only did her daughter become a victim of the institution's shortcomings – but also the man who killed her, who Nagy and her lawyer believe had not been thoroughly evaluated upon admission. He arrived at the clinic as a mentally ill individual – and left as a murderer. Perhaps another mother now grieves the loss of her child somewhere else. "I'll never see her smile again," Eleonora Nagy bewails about her daughter.
- Mental Health Facility
- Munich
- Homicide
- Negligence
- The family of Kamilla, who lost her life in a mental health facility near Munich, is seeking justice for her homicide.
- The family has called for a thorough investigation and has filed a petition for compulsory prosecution at the Munich Appeals Court.
- The man who brutally killed another patient at the Isar-Amper Clinic confessed in court to beating his victim with a metal rod, strangling her with a sweater, and setting her on fire.
- Reports indicate a time frame of up to an hour for the violent act, during which the man roamed freely on the closed psychiatric ward.
- Questions remain about why no one intervened during the attack, and an investigation was initiated in 2022 to determine if the treating staff had neglected their duties.
- The public prosecutor's office secured expert opinions, interviewed witnesses, and halted the proceedings in January.
- The Isar-Amper Clinic declined to comment on the incident or whether security measures have been enhanced.
- Lawyer Jella von Wiarda, representing the family, believes that the suspect was not thoroughly evaluated upon admission and may have left the clinic as a murderer.
