German mother killed her young son in Hungary, faces 15 years in prison

Hungarian prosecutors have brought charges against a 36-year-old German woman accused of killing her young son in the eastern Hungarian town of Karcag, in a case that has shocked the local community.

According to the Jász‑Nagykun‑Szolnok County Prosecutor’s Office, the woman allegedly strangled the child in March last year. Prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison sentence, the exclusion of parole and the defendant’s expulsion from Hungary for ten years, 24.hu reports.

The case will be decided by the Szolnok Court.

Child reportedly found dead by stepfather

The boy’s body was reportedly discovered by his stepfather, who returned home from work and found the child dead in a chicken coop at the family’s rented property in Karcag.

The family, both German nationals, had moved to Hungary in 2021. They first lived in a rented house in Polány before relocating to Karcag the following year.

Investigators later concluded that the child’s mother was responsible for his death.

Authorities say the child had been neglected

Prosecutors say the boy had been living in Hungary without attending school. He had not completed the first year of primary school in Germany before moving with his mother, and after arriving in Hungary, he was not enrolled in any educational institution.

Authorities say the mother failed to arrange schooling either in Hungary or in Germany despite the child being of compulsory school age.

According to the indictment, the woman frequently left the child alone while visiting bars and drinking, particularly during periods when her partner was working in Austria.