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7: The Von Richthofen Family Murders | Brazil

Evidence Locker True Crime

Evidence Locker True Crime

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the dead of night, husband and wife, Manfred and Marisia von Richthofen were beaten to death in their bed while they were sleeping.
Their teenage children, Andreas and Suzane von Richthofen discovered their parents’ bludgeoned bodies.
What happened at this home on Rua Zacarias de Goís? In a single night, Suzane and Andreas von Richthofen were orphaned. Who would want to hurt this family?
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You are listening to the evidence locker.

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Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials. It deals with true crimes and real people.

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Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones.

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Warning, this episode contains details of the most heinous murder.

0:25.0

The center discretion is advised.

0:27.0

On Wednesday night, October 30, 2002, 15-year-old Andreas von Rictofin was having a great time.

0:39.4

His older sister Suzanne and her boyfriend Daniel had snuck him out of the house and had dropped him off at his local internet cafe near their home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where all of them usually played online games together.

0:51.0

This night, however,, howlle,

0:53.0

Suzanne and Daniel did not stay,

0:55.0

so Andreas joined some friends and logged in for a session of gaming.

0:59.0

After a couple of hours, the young couple picked Andreas up again,

1:02.0

and they headed home.

1:04.8

They arrived home between three and four in the morning, hoping to quietly sneak back into

1:08.8

the house.

1:10.5

But when they arrived, the front door was wide open.

1:15.0

In a city like South Paulo where crime is rife, nobody leaves their front door open.

1:20.0

To their horror, Andreas and Suzanne discovered their parents bludgeon bodies in bed.

1:26.6

They had been attacked while they were sleeping.

1:29.6

Manfred and Marizia von Richofin both had towels covering their faces and there was blood all over the bedroom

1:34.8

walls. On the floor? Just out of reach of Manfred's hand, a revolver laid on the floor.

1:41.2

However, no shots had been fired. What happened at this

1:45.0

home on Ruiz-Zakarias-Degois? In the single night,

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