Mother of the amok hunter

“My Roland wasn’t a stone-cold killer!”

Roland Drexler was also given a farewell. Hundreds attended the funerals of Josef Hartl and Franz Hofer (photo).(Bild: Markus Wenzel)

Seven weeks ago, a double murder shook the Mühlviertel region of Upper Austria. The perpetrator, Roland Drexler, was only found dead himself days later in a nearby forest. The mother of the perpetrator breaks her silence in the "Krone", wants to correct the public image of her son and also say thank you.

"My Roland was not a stone-cold killer, as he is often portrayed" - seven weeks ago, a 75-year-old mother's world collapsed: Her 56-year-old son was wanted as the double murderer from the Mühlviertel, the name Roland Drexler was etched into the collective memory.