There would have been help

Murdered with a chainsaw out of desperation

An 84-year-old man from Linz was unable to cope with caring for his wife with dementia and saw only one way out. The choice of weapon shows how determined, but also despondent, he was. There had been offers of help, but the senior citizen was unwilling or unable to see and accept them. This is not an isolated case, as one helper reports. 

How desperate do you have to be to kill the person you love with a cordless chainsaw? Incredible details have emerged about the murder of a 91-year-old woman from Linz. Her 84-year-old husband was so overwhelmed with caring for the elderly woman with severe dementia and his own deteriorating health that he could only see the ultimate way out. After murdering the 91-year-old on the terrace of the family home in Linz-Ebelsberg, the man committed suicide.