A man who admitted killing and eating an acquaintance he met on the Internet was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, following his retrial in a case that engrossed and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BERLIN (Reuters) - A German engineer who killed and ate a willing victim in a case that shocked the country must remain in prison ...

Armin Meiwes killed Bernd-Jürgen Brandes in 2001 after the two met online and signed a written agreement Meiwes was convicted of manslaughter in 2004 and sentenced to eight and a half years after ...

BERLIN – Germany's highest court has thrown out an appeal by a man who admitted killing and eating an acquaintance. The Federal Constitutional Court said Friday that it saw no reason to fault the 2006 ...

Armin Meiwes, an imprisoned German who killed and ate another man two decades ago, has been granted brief, supervised trips outside, The Times of London reported Tuesday. Meiwes, nicknamed the Monster ...

To the residents of the small German hamlet of Wüsterfeld, Armin Meiwes appeared to be an ordinary neighbor. He maintained a neat home, regularly trimmed his lawn, and seldom stirred up trouble.

In a case that has fascinated and revolted Germans, a 42-year-old computer technician went on trial this week for the cannibalistic killing of a Berlin man who allegedly volunteered to be consumed ...

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 3 (UPI) -- A German prosecutor wants a confessed cannibal to be sent to prison for the rest of his life, bypassing the law allowing for parole after 15 years. Marcus Kohler ...

Content warning: The following article contains graphic and disturbing descriptions. Two decades ago, a German court faced an unthinkable question: Was it murder to kill and eat a man who had signed a ...