A man murdered her 7 year old daughter. So she smuggled a gun into the courtroom
He strangled her little girl and then blamed the child in open court. On the third day of his trial, the mother stood up and shot him six times in the back. She became a legend
Lubeck, Germany. A small town. A pub on the corner.
Maryann Bachmeyer is 30. Single mother.
Works late nights serving drinks.
Her daughter Anna is 7.
Happy kid.
Smart for her age. Independent.
Maryann works long hours so Anna learned to take care of herself early.
Gets herself dressed.
Gets herself to school.
Spends most of her time at the pub with her mom.
One Monday morning Maryann is asleep after a late shift.
Anna gets up on her own like always.
But Anna is still mad about an argument they had the day before.
So she decides to skip school.
Teach mom a lesson. She doesn't stay home.
She goes wandering.
When Maryann wakes up she assumes Anna is at school.
By that afternoon Anna isn't home. She never comes home.
The next day a police officer shows up at the door.
They have a man in custody.
He's admitted to strangling Anna to death.
His name is Klaus Grabowski.
35 years old. Convicted predator.
Lives nearby.
Anna knew him. He was a neighbor.
He had cats.
What little girl passes up a chance to play with cats.
Klaus held Anna hostage.
Assaulted her.
Strangled her with his fiancee's pantyhose.
Stuffed her body into a cardboard box and tried to bury it near a canal.
His fiancee is the one who turned him in.
This wasn't his first time.
He had previous convictions for abusing two young girls.
He volunteered to be chemically castrated.
They let him out early for it.
Then a court approved hormone treatments to reverse the castration.
They gave him back what they took away.
And he killed a 7 year old girl.