Murdering Physician Hangs Himself In Cell

A prominent gynecologist who murdered his sister-in-law, chopped up her corpse in his bathtub and scattered the body parts in a forest, hanged himself in his prison cell Monday.

In a country where violent crime is rare, Dr. Marcel Walther earned lurid tabloid headlines over the past week as “Doctor Death.” Spicing up the story were allegations that he was a Jekyll-and-Hyde character who charmed some patients while abusing others, and reports of his jet-set lifestyle.

Walther’s arrest earlier this month also prompted new investigations into the death of his first wife in a mysterious 1989 fire and the earlier disappearance of one of his colleagues.