Global InformationEgidius Schiffer information
Egidius Schiffer | |
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| Born | Leo Egidius Schiffer 1956 West Germany |
| Died | 22 July 2018 (aged 61–62) Bochum, Germany |
| Other names | "The Strangler of Aachen" |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 5 |
Span of crimes | 1983–1990 |
| Country | West Germany |
Date apprehended | March 2007 |
Leo Egidius Schiffer (1956 – 21/22 July 2018) was a German serial killer, who was known as The Strangler of Aachen. Between 1983 and 1990, he murdered five girls and women between the ages of 15 and 31, abusing three of them sexually. His crimes were known as "hitchhiker killings" or "Disco-murders". In 1985, the programme Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst covered his case.