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Armin Meiwes
Acting
01 Dec 1961 (64 years)
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Biography
Armin Meiwes (German: [ˈmaɪvəs]; born 1 December 1961) is a German former computer repair technician who received international attention for murdering and cannibalising Bernd Brandes, whom he had found via the Internet as a voluntary victim, in March 2001. After Meiwes and the victim jointly attempted to eat the victim's severed penis, Meiwes murdered his victim and proceeded to consume a large amount of his flesh. He was arrested in December 2002, and, in January 2004, was convicted of mansla...
Also Known As
Der Metzgermeister, The Rotenburg Cannibal
