Armin Meiwes
| Armin Meiwes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 December 1961 Essen, West Germany |
| Other names | Rotenburg Cannibal, Der Metzgermeister (The Master Butcher) |
| Occupation | Computer repair technician |
| Criminal charge | Murder (previously manslaughter) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (previously 8 1⁄2 years imprisonment) |
| Criminal status | In prison, earliest parole date is 2017 |
| Motive | Vorarephilia |
Armin Meiwes (English pronunciation: /ˈɑːrmɪn ˈmaɪvəs/; born 1 December 1961) is a German computer repair technician who achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim who he had found via the Internet. After Meiwes and the victim jointly attempted to eat the victim's severed penis, Meiwes killed his victim and proceeded to eat a large amount of his flesh. Because of his acts, Meiwes is also known as the Rotenburg Cannibal or Der Metzgermeister (The Master Butcher).
Looking for a willing volunteer, Meiwes posted an advertisement on the website, The Cannibal Cafe (a blog site for people with cannibal fetishes). Meiwes' post stated that he was "looking for a well-built 18- to 30-year-old to be slaughtered and then consumed." Bernd Jürgen Armando Brandes, an engineer from Berlin, answered the advertisement in March 2001. Many other people responded to the advertisement but backed out; Meiwes did not attempt to force them to do anything against their will. The two made a videotape when they met on 9 March 2001 in Meiwes' home, in the small town of Rotenburg, showcasing Meiwes amputating Brandes' penis and the two men attempting to eat it together, before Brandes' ultimate demise. Brandes had insisted that Meiwes attempt to bite his penis off. This did not work, and ultimately, Meiwes used a knife to remove Brandes' appendage. Brandes apparently tried to eat some of his own penis raw but could not, because it was too tough and, as he put it, "chewy". Meiwes then fried the penis in a pan with salt, pepper, wine, and garlic; he then fried it with some of Brandes' fat, but by then it was too burned to be consumed. He then chopped the penis up into chunks and fed it to his dog.
According to court officials who saw the video (which has not been made public), Brandes may already have been too weakened from blood loss to eat any of his penis. Meiwes read a Star Trek book for three hours, while Brandes lay bleeding in the bath. Meiwes gave him large quantities of alcohol and pain killers, 20 sleeping pills, and a bottle of schnapps, kissed him, and finally killed him in a room he had built in his house for this purpose, the Slaughter Room. After stabbing Brandes to death in the throat, he hung the body on a meat hook, tore chunks of flesh from it, and tried to grind the bones to use as flour. The incident was recorded on the two-hour video tape. Meiwes ate the corpse over the next 10 months, storing body parts in his freezer under pizza boxes and consuming up to 20 kilograms (44 lb) of the flesh. According to prosecutors, Meiwes committed the act for sexual pleasure.
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