Death of a millionaire

Styrian murdered: Bankers bury body in concrete

Investigators from the Styrian State Criminal Police Office retrieve parts of the victim's body from the River Mur.(Bild: Richard Heintz)

A Styrian man had to die because he had entrusted his fortune to the wrong people. The friendly, helpful man was strangled - and dismembered - by two bankers in 2014. The perpetrators then buried the body parts in buckets and dumped them in the River Mur.

On February 12, 2014, Heinz Egger clearly had no idea that this day would be the last in his life. The 54-year-old was still carefully writing down the lottery numbers at home, in front of the TV in his condominium in Dr.-Ignaz-Scarpatetti-Straße in Graz: 18, 21, 22, 39, 43, 45 and additional number 28, not knowing that these numbers would not bring him any luck.

Investigators later found the note on his coffee table and were able to draw conclusions as to when the Styrian must have last been at home.

Shortly after the lottery draw, the early retiree had a late appointment - with his two bankers.