Manfred Wittmann

Wittmann was initially imprisoned in the Straubing Prison, where he was a good prisoner. At the end of December 2011, the Penal Execution Chamber the prisoner be discharged, as he was very frail and weak. In contrast to assessors and prosecutors, the prison head was critical of Wittmann's possible early release from prison, despite castration and medical treatment. Following the final decision of the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg, Wittmann was released in 2013 after 43 years in prison, under the care of an unnamed retirement home in Bavaria.

The trial began on November 7, 1971, before the Assizes court in Coburg; there was an attempted lynching in the room, as the killings were considered "bestial" by the public. It was also accompanied by demonstrations and demands that he be executed. The meeting room also had to be evacuated because of a bomb threat.

Wittmann was defended by Rolf Bossi, who tried to get a briefing on psychiatry as a measure of recovery and protection. The court followed the criminal defense lawyer's position, despite two psychiatric evaluations for Wittmann's insanity defense, and sentenced him to three life sentences on December 15, 1971 because of his dangerous character.

In December 1968, he killed 14-year-old student Nora Wenzl, and in August and November 1969, respectively, he killed two 16-year-old girls (Sieglinde Hübner and Helga Luther) in a cruel manner. According to Tatwerkzeug, the weapon was a pocket knife, but Der Spiegel reported that it was a standard knife (also called a "stiletto" in Bavaria).

On December 25, 1959, he attacked his sister's 19-year-old colleague, Irmgard Feder, whom he had met on the way home from the cinema and whose place of residence was known to him. He briefly returned to the house to arm himself, before taking a shortcut and ambushing the girl, hitting her repeatedly on the head. Wittmann then forced her to undress and injured her neck using the kitchen knife. The victim pretended to be dead and thus survived despite serious injuries, but could not faithfully describe her attacker. Scratches on Wittmann's face led to rumors about his involvement, but the police did not investigate him, despite explicit requests from the public. Manfred was shocked by the sight of blood and it was clear that he had almost killed somebody; in the following years, he rarely tried to pursue his fantasies.

Manfred Wittmann (born 1943) is a German serial killer who killed three girls with a knife in the Coburg District, from December 1968 to November 1969. In the media, he was referred to as The Staffelstein Killer.