page_title: Murder of Jakob von Metzler
section_title: Kidnapping and murder of Jakob von Metzler
hierarchical_section_title: Murder of Jakob von Metzler / Kidnapping and murder of Jakob von Metzler
caption_attribution_description: English: Here, the money exchange took place in the kidnapping case of Jakob von Metzler: tram station Oberschweinstiege in Frankfurt's communal forest. Deutsch: Ort der Geldübergabe im Entführungsfall Metzler: Straßenbahnhaltestelle Oberschweinstiege im Frankfurter Stadtwald
context_page_description: The murder of Jakob von Metzler was a German murder case. In 2002 11-year old Jakob von Metzler was kidnapped and murdered by the law student Magnus Gäfgen in Frankfurt. The following year, Gäfgen was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
  The case drew controversy over the fact that Gäfgen was threatened with torture during his interrogation by the police in order to save his victim's life. The European Court of Human Rights case of Gäfgen v. Germany has been widely discussed in debates on torture.
  In January 2015, it became known that Gäfgen had changed his name to Thomas David Lukas Olsen, reportedly inspired by the fictional Danish/Norwegian criminal Egon Olsen.
context_section_description: Gäfgen has a modest family background, but went on to study law at the Goethe University in 1996. On 27 September 2002 he kidnapped Jakob von Metzler in order to blackmail his parents, but killed him in his apartment. Gäfgen then demanded one million euro in ransom from the Metzlers, who were banking dynasts.  He was observed by the police when he picked up the ransom. After a few hours, during which he had booked a holiday and not released his victim, who was already dead, he was arrested. After being threatened with torture, as ordered by Frankfurt Police Vice President Wolfgang Daschner, he confessed and told where the body was hidden.
caption: The Oberschweinstiege tram station in Frankfurt City Forest, where the transfer of the ransom money for kidnapped boy Jakob von Metzler took place
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