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A brutal killing in Haller exposed a family in crisis and drew four young men into one of Luxembourg's most shocking murder cases.
In November 2010, 65-year-old Raymond Guth disappeared from his home in Haller. Eight days later, a passer-by discovered his body in a snowy forest. The injuries left no doubt: this was a brutal murder.
Raymond had recently been living with Josephine, a much younger partner with whom he shared a turbulent and increasingly volatile relationship. Friends, acquaintances, and social services had observed signs of distress. Police visits were not uncommon. Yet despite clear tension and previous incidents, nothing hinted at the explosion of violence that would follow.
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On 20 November 2010, Josephine called her 20-year-old son, Eric, asking him to come home with a group of friends. What began as a request to "teach Raymond a lesson" quickly spiralled. Four young men, including a 16-year-old from a stable household, found themselves caught in an act of extreme violence that unfolded first inside the apartment, and later in the woods.
None of them had a criminal background. Investigators later spoke of group pressure, chaotic influence, and a chain of decisions that no one seemed able to stop.
The murder trial exposed a deeply fractured household, long-standing tensions, and a level of brutality that remains difficult to understand even today.
And at the edge of this tragedy stood a small child – Raymond's three-year-old grandson by affection – who witnessed the beginning of the assault. His life would be forever shaped by what happened.
