Günter Lorenz  Günter Lorenz (born 1964 or 1965 in Wels) is an Austrian murderer responsible for one of the most spectacular murder cases in Austrian criminal history. On February 15, 1983, the bodies of 43-year-old Sieglinde Eckert and her eldest daughter, 18-year-old Ursula, were found in the Ungargasse 12 in Landstraße. A police doctor found that both women were killed with headshots from a rifle loaded with explosive bullets. The bodies of the dead were so disfigured that officials were initially unable to distinguish between mother and daughter, with only the younger daughters being able to identify the two. Despite questioning all the neighbours, nobody had seen an armed man or heard a shot. There were no signs of a break-in at the apartment door, which led investigators to believe that the victims might have known the offender and opened the door to him. The questioning of a friend of Ursula's brought the officials onto something. She said that she had talked to Ursula shortly before the murder, saying that she had recently been visited by her ex-boyfriend Paul and that he had a weapon with him. But because he was scary, she broke off contact with him. The police investigated Paul, who turned out to be Günter Lorenz. He was 18 years old, had just passed his exams with distinction and lived in a Vienna caretaker's apartment. In the first interrogations, he denied having anything to do with the murders until the investigators found personal belongings of the victims in his home. He then said that he had wanted to rob his ex-girlfriend, but did not dare to do it alone. That's why he asked his 16-year-old Peter Daubinger to accompany him. However, he had brought a weapon, shot the two women and had fled with the loot. Since Daubinger was untraceable, the police initiated a search for him and warned of his dangerousness. In the meantime, Daubinger was presented as the true culprit in the media. After two days of interminable interrogations, Lorenz began to contradict himself. It was then ascertained that Lorenz and Daubinger could never, as stated by Lorenz, have stolen 10,000, but a maximum of 2,000 shillings, and thus Daubinger could have stolen the 8,000 other shillings. Finally, Lorenz confessed to having shot the two women himself. He used a Gewehr 98 with explosive ammunition, normally used for big game hunting.