Mario Stiebitz

Mario Stiebitz (1962 – 7 December 2024) was a German serial killer who murdered four children and one man in Neubrandenburg and near East Berlin from 1983 to 1984. He was convicted of these crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Early life Little is known about Stiebitz's early life. He was born in 1962 and grew up in the East Berlin neighborhood of Lichtenberg. He lived with his grandmother until the age of six, when he was brought to his mother's house, who had since remarried. Stiebitz did not get along with his stepfather, as he considered himself neglected in comparison to his younger brother and was unjustly punished for things he did not do. He then did his basic military service with the National People's Army, but later applied for an extension and eventually reached the rank of feldwebel. Upon completing his training as a teleprinter and cipher in Neubrandenburg, he was transferred to an Air Force base in Cölpin. When the same public prosecutor's office came to the conclusion that his state of health made it unlikely that he would endanger people, the execution of his life sentence was suspended on April 4, 2024, after almost forty years. He died on December 7, 2024, in a hospital.