Forensic case profiling aspects on multiple homicides from the Cologne-Bonn Metropolitan Area 1985-2000

In six perpetrators, a severe psychiatric impairment of juridical responsibility was ascertained (Section 20 German criminal code, n = 2, psychosis; Section 21 German criminal code, n = 4, acute alcohol intoxication). As far as conviction data were available, 27 crimes were juridically assessed as murder, 12 as manslaughter and one as bodily harm with fatal consequences.