Murder and suicide shake peaceful Pischeldorf: tragedy on New Year's Day!

Murder and suicide shake peaceful Pischeldorf: tragedy on New Year's Day!

A devastating crime shook the calm community of Pischeldorf on the Kulm in Styria. On New Year's Day, a farmer discovered the corpses of two family members on his remote farm. The 53-year-old, who had planned work on the roof of a farm for Thursday morning, first found his 81-year-old uncle, who apparently committed suicide. When the shocked farmer hurried into the nearby residential building, he discovered his 77-year-old sister with serious head injuries in the bedroom. All help came too late for them, as kosmo.at reported.

The police investigation indicate that the 81-year-old man murdered his sister in his sleep before taking his own life. So far there is no information about a possible motive for this cruel act that the local community has put into turmoil. Both siblings have lived on the farm for decades and were known in the area. The Graz public prosecutor has already ordered the autopsy to clarify the exact circumstances and determine possible backgrounds.

background of rural life

These tragic events occur in a context that is also illuminated literarily. Ewald Frie's book "A Hof und Eleven siblings" shows the profound changes in rural life, which was characterized by hard work and a sense of tradition. He describes how the world of his parents radically changed in the 1960s and the increasingly technological and urbanized society pushed the rural values into the background. In his stories, Frie emphasizes the appreciation for the hard work of his family and reflects the shame that many farmers and their children felt during this transition period. The change into an urban lifestyle often came with a loss of rural identity, which he represents in a respectful and at the same time honest way, as pearlentaucher.de