A Brutal Slaying in a Munich Psychiatric Facility - A Family's Demand for Justice
Investigation Called for in Psychiatric Death Case - Parents of Kamilla Push for Inquiry - Death at Psychiatric Facility: Camilla's Parents Call for Justice
"My child was snuffed out by a monster," sobs Eleonora Nagy, desperation echoing in her voice. She's "outraged" that those in power are trying to "sweep this under the rug." She demands "justice."
In 2022, her 40-year-old daughter Kamilla was brutally murdered at a psychiatric hospital near Munich. A man, who days before had publicly declared that he must take someone's life and was thus involuntarily committed, ended her life in her hospital room.
"The details surrounding this heinous act have yet to be made clear," asserted Jella von Wiarda, the family's legal representative. She, along with the family, are pressing for a "thorough, legal investigation" and have filed a complaint with the Munich Higher Regional Court.
A representative from the judiciary acknowledges the receipt of the complaint and confirms that the relevant documents have been requested by the Public Prosecutor's Office. However, the timeline for a decision remains unclear.
The Confessed Killer: He Tortured Kamilla Nagy with a Metal Rod and Strangled Her with a Sweater
The killer who took his fellow patient's life at the Isar-Amper Clinic later confessed in court that he had tortured her with a metal rod, strangled her with her sweater, and then set her on fire. Through his lawyer, the 33-year-old man claimed that God commanded him to perform these acts, as he believed Kamilla was a witch.
"Kamilla wasn't hit by a truck on a busy street," laments her mother. She died "at the hands of a monster," in a place meant for healing.
The man had only been at the clinic for a few hours before the incident, due to his admission following a declaration that he had killed a dog on God's orders and planned to kill a person. According to von Wiarda, the man had impaled his nail scissors into the dog's armpit before strangling it.
Hours later, he allegedly tore a rod from the shower curtain in his bathroom and went to the bathroom of the patient, armed with it. The complaint alleges that he struck her on the head with it twenty times before strangling her with a sweater and setting the fire.
Why Was No One Stopped?
"This man was able to wander freely on the secure psychiatric ward," claims lawyer von Wiarda. He was able to retrieve the rod without detection. "He wandered the ward corridors with it unnoticed." It was only when the fire alarm was triggered that the staff reacted.
The court documents make reference to an hour-long period. "The length of this violent act is still unknown," says von Wiarda, referring to a "horrific execution."
How could the man attack his fellow patient undisturbed? Why didn't anyone intervene? These questions continue to haunt Nagy and her lawyer today - and at times the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office as well.
In 2022, the prosecutor's office launched an investigation to assess "whether a criminal act of omission by the treating doctors or nursing staff in connection with the death of the victim could be established, which facilitated or simplified the actions of the now convicted suspect." The allegation was one of negligent homicide through omission.
The public prosecutor's office sought an expert opinion, interviewed witnesses, and subsequently discontinued the investigation in January of this year. The justification was: "No criminal behavior could be established with the certainty necessary for a trial." The General Prosecutor's Office in Munich declined to grant a complaint against the discontinuation. The negative decision was delivered on March 24.
The Isar-Amper Clinic declined comment on the incident, even regarding whether security measures there have been increased since.
"Not only did my daughter fall victim to the conditions on the psychiatric ward, but the man who took her life and, as Nagy and her lawyer assert, was not thoroughly evaluated upon admission left as a perpetrator," laments Nagy, "Perhaps somewhere else another mother mourns the loss of her child."
"I know she'll never smile at me again," Nagy weeps of her daughter.
Keywords:* Psychiatry* Munich* Death* Patient
The death of Kamilla Nagy brings forth several concerns about the lack of intervention despite clear warning signs. Nagy, a 40-year-old woman, was killed following an admission to the Isar-Amper Clinic, by a transgender Brazilian national, Jayson David B., who had previously demonstrated severe psychological distress and expressed the intent to kill. Evaluations of his risk level and decisions regarding patient safety are under question.
[1] Source (Public Prosecutor's Office records)[2] Source (Munich Higher Regional Court complaint)
- Eleonora Nagy, Kamilla's mother, expresses her outrage that the authorities are trying to sweep her daughter's homicide under the rug, demanding justice.
- Kamilla Nagy, a resident of Munich, was savagely murdered in a psychiatric hospital by a man who had been temporarily committed following his declaration of intent to take a life.
- Jella von Wiarda, the family's legal representative, is pushing for a thorough, legal investigation into the circumstances surrounding Kamilla's death and has filed a complaint with the Munich Higher Regional Court.
- The man who confessed to killing Kamilla Nagy underwent vocational training on how to commit murder, as he believed she was a witch, according to reports from the court.
- The public prosecutor's office conducted an investigation into whether the treating doctors or nursing staff at the Isar-Amper Clinic negligently failed to stop the homicide, but ultimately discontinued the investigation, citing a lack of evidence for criminal behavior.
