Beate Schmidt | |
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Born | Wolfgang Schmidt 5 October 1966 |
Other names | Pink Giant The Beast of Beelitz Beelitz-Murderer |
Conviction(s) | Murder |
Criminal penalty | 15 years in prison and detention in a psychiatric hospital |
Details | |
Victims | 6 |
Span of crimes | 24 October 1989 – 5 April 1991[1] |
Country | Germany |
Date apprehended | 1 August 1991 |
Beate Schmidt (born Wolfgang Schmidt on 5 October 1966) is a German serial killer. From October 1989 to April 1991, Schmidt, who is now a transgender woman, murdered five women and an infant.