Eight corpses of newborns were discovered in the home of
Johann (55) and Andrea (45) Göppner, in
Wallenfels, Germany on November 13, 2015. Andrea had been thrown out of the
house the previous September when her husband discovered she was cheating on
him. The couple had three living children and Andrea had four additional
children with various other men.
The search began after Andrea, intoxicated, disclosed to her
husband that she had hidden babies’ bodies in their home. She had previously
told him that her pregnancies had resulted in miscarriages. Her admission was
overheard by a female neighbor. She discovered several and notified police
whose search turned up more corpses, “wrapped in hand towels and placed in
plastic bags locked in a disused sauna-turned that had been used as a
cupboard.”
Andrea made a confession through her lawyer that “she had
given birth to each of her babies at home, unaccompanied, and had wrapped each
of them in a towel. As soon as a baby moved or cried, she suffocated it
before placing its corpse in a plastic bag or box and hiding it in the flat.
But she could not remember how many she had killed.” The births occurred from
2003 to 2013.
She was tried for four homicides, since one was determined
to be a stillbirth and autopsies were unable to determine whether three of the
other babies had been born alive.
Johann Göppner was acquitted on charges of being an
accessory. Andrea was given leniency by the judge because premeditation could
not be proved and she was sentenced to 14 years in prison. [Robert St. Estephe]
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[Sources: Zoie O'Brien, “Mum jailed after eight baby corpses
found hidden in home; A MOTHER who killed four of her children and kept their
corpses has been jailed.” Express, Jul. 21, 2016; Kate Connolly, “German police
arrest woman after discovery of eight dead babies,” The Guardian (London,
England), Nov. 13, 2015]
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Andrea Göppner, 45.
Nov. 13, 2015 – corpses discovered (born 2003-2013)
Jul. 21, 2016 – 14 years in prison
Method – suffocation.
8 deaths – 4 homicides, 3 indeterminate, 1 stillbirth.
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[Andrea Goeppner; Angrea G.]
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For more cases of this type, see Serial Baby-Killer Moms.
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