Klaus Peter Sobig

Murderer

2known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: Germany
Location: Bielfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Date of birth: 1957
Age at first offence: 19
Characteristics: rape
Victim profile: A man / An elderly woman
Method of murder: St abbing with knife / Strangulation
Date(s) of murder: 1976 / 1984
Years active: 1976–1984
Date of arrest: —
Status: Life imprisonment
Sentenced to nine and one-half years on one count in 1977; paroled in 1983; sentenced to life in prison in 1985.

Case Summary

Background

Klaus Peter Sobig was a male offender.

The offence

In 1976, Sobig stabbed a male robbery victim during a robbery. In 1984, Sobig raped and strangled an elderly woman during a residential burglary.

Sentencing

Sobig was sentenced to nine and one-half years on one count in 1977. He was paroled in 1983. In 1985, he was sentenced to life in prison.

Outcome

Sobig’s disposition included nine and one-half years on one count from 1977, with parole in 1983, and a life term sentenced in 1985.

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