February 15th, 2010Rotten to the grave of murdered Steffi
Sankt Augustin – As if the murder of her daughter Steffi (†28) is not painful enough … Even the grave is Gabrielle Maertens (48) did not come to rest.
The city of St. Augustine calls 2252 euro for cemetery and grave site fees, reminders abound. Now, the attachment may not have to!
The brutal murder of Steffi: In November, was the mother of two had been raped and strangled in a residential container. Her killer, ex-boyfriend, Erich L., received life imprisonment in April (EXPRESS reported).
A terrible fate that seems in the city nobody cares. Because that can be a normal administrative procedure against the family to run – with warnings, with payment issued. Gabriele Märtensteich had her little daughter on 17 Burial November when the city asked for ten days later, her money: 2252 Euro.
"I have experienced the time after Steffi's death in a trance," said her mother softly. The fees they could not pay, reminders, they did not open. The trial of the murderer of her daughter, she dropped into a deep hole. The rest of it but gave the threat of the city.
Gabriele Märtensteich lawyer Christoph Arnold: "The city wants to remove the grave outline, if it does not pay the fees. Before this was not happening, they should stop at the grave of nothing, not even put up a cross. "
Not only the family, even Steffi's friends often visit her grave at the cemetery in Menden, put on angels to lay down flowers. "Even the stone boundary was suddenly there. With a slip of paper on the "standing in love," from your friends, "says the mother, with tears in his eyes. "Now every time I fear that all this is gone."
Surprised, the city responded to the allegations. "We have not heard anything since November by the family," said spokeswoman Wenke Schallenberg. "What has happened in recent months, is a normal administrative procedure." Of course, the fees could be paid in installments. "As a result, the problems would be dealt with the border. Women Märtensteich only has to with the supporting documentation please contact the Registrar's office. "
So the anger at Steffi's grave would be resolved. And her mother finally came to rest …
