Tuba S.

Tuba S. (born 1981) is a German murderer responsible for at least three murders in Düsseldorf and Giessen between April and May 2016. For her crimes, she was sentenced to life imprisonment with preventative detention.

Early life Tuba S. was born in Aachen in 1981. One of two children born to a car mechanic and his wife, she grew quite close to her father, in stark contrast to her mother, whom she regarded as an overtly strict and demanding woman. She was allegedly physically abused by an unspecified person as a child. Tuba S. received good grades at her grammar school, but in the end, failed to pass her Abitur due to receiving a low grade in her oral pedagogy class. After graduating from a university of applied sciences, she studied medicine for eight years, but never earned her degree because of her insomnia and frequent taking of zopiclone. When she was around 20, she came out as lesbian to her mother, which soured the relationship between them. She then began training as a nurse at Licher Hospital, but was fired for allegedly stealing from patients. Feeling that she had been treated unfairly, Tuba S. attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills, but was found in the nick of time, resuscitated and interned at a mental hospital for a week. She then remembered about her wealthy former neighbour, 79-year-old magician Erich "Riconelly" Noll, who had reported for stealing from him two years prior.

Arrest On 25 May 2016, Tuba S., who had previously been questioned in the Erich Noll murder, was arrested on suspicion of committing the crime after authorities learned that the alibi provided by her friends was false. Medicaments were found next to their beds, in what appeared to be a staged suicide, but later on, the case was considered a homicide, as a woman wearing a headscarf was recorded withdrawing 7,000 euros from the male victim's debit card, first in Hanover and then in Greece. These murders remain unconnected and Tuba S. is not considered a suspect.

Trial and imprisonment The psychiatrist who was tasked with examining the defendant before her trial concluded that she had a psychopathic personality, demonstrating a lack of empathy or emotion towards her victims, as well as being manipulative towards those around her. in January 2018 she was convicted of the murders, the Judge sentenced her to life imprisonment and judged unfit for parole until she had served at least 30 years of her sentence. The Federal Court of Justice upheld the lower court's verdict on appeal.