More than four months after the knife attack, 22-year-old Janneck Z. was charged with murder. The public prosecutor’s office in Schweinfurt accuses him of killing a colleague maliciously and out of murderous lust, Süddeutsche Zeitung writes.
At the beginning of the investigation, criminal investigators believed that the young man was not conscious during the attack. Experts from the field of psychiatry have no evidence for this. According to them, he is responsible for the attack. The accused later confessed to the crime and stated that he “felt an inner urge to kill a person”. He had longed for it for a long time, but he was able to suppress the urge by consuming tablets and cannabis, the indictment said.
Roughly two weeks before the crime, his murderous fantasies and desire to kill intensified. Finally, he decided to stab someone. “When he did not find a suitable victim, the choice fell on his colleague. He hoped for inner satisfaction through this act,” the office said. He had no conflict with his colleague. According to his statement, he did not want to kill or injure two other employees of the electricity supplier company Überlandwerk Rhön.
AI recommended a doctor
Before the attack, the young man communicated with artificial intelligence (AI) and told it his murderous plans. Among other things, he asked how he should deal with his fantasies, the desire to kill and how to choose a victim. According to the newspaper Bild, ChatGPT should have replied: “Find a doctor!”
Janneck Z. finally threw himself at his colleague Daniela S. He stabbed her eight times in the chest and neck. He also stabbed his boss Volker S. and accountant Walter R., who wanted to prevent his bloodbath.
“He was hoping for internal satisfaction,” said prosecutor Küstner. But that did not happen, the young man admitted after his arrest.
The date of the trial has not yet been set.
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