Daniel Rosenthal (criminal)
Daniel Rosenthal | |
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| Born | 1954 or 1955 (age 69–70) |
Daniel Rosenthal is an American-French criminal who murdered his mother in 1981 in Hampshire, England.[1] He is suspected of dismembering his mother's body with a hacksaw, though her body was never found. He is suspected of earlier killing his father in Paris, dismembering his body and disposing of it in the French countryside.[2]
As a schizophrenic, Rosenthal was detained at Tatchbury Mount Hospital from which he escaped on 10 August 2013. He was recaptured the following day in Southampton.[3] Prior to this he had spent nearly 30 years being treated at Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside.[2] He was 58 years old when he escaped and was recaptured.[2]
His case was featured in an episode, Mad Scientist, of the TV documentary How I Caught The Killer.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hayley Dixon. "August 11, 2013". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ a b c "Questions asked over why killer Daniel Rosenthal was allowed to walk". The Independent. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Vicky Smith (11 August 2013). "Daniel Rosenthal: How did one of Britain's most brutal murderers walk free from hospital?". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "How I Caught the Killer". IMDb. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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