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by some younger pimps and held captive. Two days later, on the 16 August, after failing to agree to their demands, he was strangled with his own tie. They tried to burn the body in a fire at a salvage yard, but the fire was prematurely extinguished as the yard didn't have a permit for outdoor fires.
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354:(in German). p. 24
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515:Kettenhofweg 124/124a
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