Preamble:
On an ordinary weekday in 2011, an ice cream parlor on a busy shopping street in Vienna was open for business. The owner, Carranza, was busy receiving customers, and on the surface it was business as usual. On a sunny April spring day, Carranza stood in front of the store to welcome groups of students and tourists. Watching them happily take a photo together eating ice cream, Carranza will also smile like a mother.
On that very day, however, a plumbing system malfunctioned and the basement of the long-established ice cream parlor became a must-stop for plumbers to inspect. The basement, which had been neglected for many years, was experiencing its final dilapidated state, with rust on the surface of some pipes and cracks and seeping water on the walls.
When the workers opened the door to the basement, which had been closed for years, a pungent rancid smell came to their faces. In the basement, there was a pile of debris, and three large freezers stood in front of it, one of which showed an iron-gray human leg, which had completely rotted and deteriorated.
Suddenly, the workers realized that there might be a secret hidden in the basement and hurriedly called the police. The police quickly arrived at the scene to investigate, three incomplete human bodies sealed in concrete were found, and the two deceased were confirmed to be adult males, and the cause of death was shooting at close range.
The rapid fermentation of the whole incident and the peculiarity of the location allowed the police to quickly lock up the suspect - the hostess of this old ice cream parlor, Carranza. However, just a few hours ago, Carranza was still gently receiving customers large and small in front of the store, and no one expected that this woman would be linked to the shocking murder.
The Austrian dream of a Mexican girl
Born in Mexico in 1978, Carranza spent the first five years of her life in the sunny Latin American country. At the age of five, Carranza moved with her parents to Barcelona, Spain.
His father was a veteran writer of ancient civilizations, and from childhood to adulthood, Carranza excelled in his studies under the influence Xi of his parents, and his grades were always among the best. Carranza is an introvert and loves literature and art, and often spends her days alone in the garden reading picture books. In a happy family environment, Carranza has a beautiful vision for the future.
After graduating from the University of Barcelona, Carranza, who knew many Chinese, could have entered the ranks of the social elite and had a bright future. However, the literary temperament and romantic ideas deeply influenced this Latin American girl.
After graduating from university, Carranza made what seemed crazy at the time to go north to Austria, the music capital of her dreams, to start a new life in this romantic town.
There, Carranza quickly found work at an ice cream parlor near the suburbs, where her talent for languages allowed her to adapt to her new surroundings without any obstacles. The traffic in the store is not too large, and Carranza does not have to deal with too many complicated social situations, which makes her more introverted feel comfortable.
Just as he was about to start a new chapter in his life, a German man named Holger chased after him and finally moved the heart of the Latin woman, and the two entered the palace of marriage.
The beginning of an unhappy marriage
However, the romance and happiness of this transnational marriage were only superficial, and soon the pain of disillusionment came over Carranza. Her husband, Holger, is 14 years older than Carranza and is a refrigerator salesman who is obsessed with religious activities.
This German man was traumatized in his early years, indulging in cult activities all day long, and being controlled by all kinds of superstitious thoughts. After marriage, Holger not only did not take Carranza's feelings into account in her life, but also often disliked Carranza's appearance and asked her to wear sexy clothes to please herself.
Carranza's dream since she was a child was to form a warm family, but in this marriage, her wish came to naught. She wanted a child, but was rejected by Holger. The two have almost no normal married life.
This unusual relationship made it difficult for Carranza to sleep, and she proposed to Holger that she want to get rid of the torment by thinking of her dream career in Vienna. Perhaps not wanting to lose the only "security" in this marriage, Holger did not refuse, but supported Carranza's idea.
What Carranza didn't expect was that Holger not only agreed to the proposal, but also invested 100,000 euros in the ice cream shop in Vienna, promising to give Carranza a "happier family" there. At that time, Carranza was already in the agony of losing herself, with a vague sense of self and a glimmer of expectation. She agreed to start a new life in Vienna with Holger.
Despair under mind control
However, life in Vienna was not as good as Carranza had imagined. Not only did Holger not change, but he still went his own way; At the same time, he also intensified his efforts to ask Carranza to join his cult and exercise mind control in this bustling city, which further exacerbated Carranza's already on the verge of collapse. Carranza began to experience symptoms of delusions and self-talk. But at this time, her family and friends were thousands of miles away, and she had no one to talk to, so she could only be forced to endure torture.
In 2007, Carranza, who couldn't bear it, officially filed for divorce from Holger, ending this painful five-year marriage. However, due to the huge investment of 100,000 euros in the store, Holger refused to move out of Carranza's apartment after the divorce. The brutal coexistence of the two continued, and finally drove Carranza's mental condition to the extreme. She is mired in complete paranoid delusions, completely disconnected from the outside world.
The murder and hiding the body for three years were unknown
One night in April 2008, Carranza again asked Holger for separation, but was ignored. Years of anger and anguish erupted in Carranza's heart, and she pulled out Holger's pistol and fired three shots in the man's back. Looking at Holger, who was lying in a pool of blood, the negative emotions that Carranza had suppressed for many years were instantly released. She began to dispose of her husband's body.
Carranza's food stocks are quite adequate. She bought tools at a downtown store, dismembered and cut Holger's body, put it in a freezer, and sealed it completely with concrete. She then hired someone to move the freezer to a warehouse in the basement of an ice cream parlor. For three years, Carranza had been in the same room with a corpse, and she was no longer her former self, often talking to herself and behaving strangely, but no one ever discovered that this heinous secret was hidden beneath her feet.
After Holger's disappearance, Carranza's life returned to normal. She soon finds a new love, an Austrian man named Manfred. In order to please her boyfriend, Carranza, who has low self-esteem, began to constantly flip through fashion magazines, and plastic surgery and beauty tried to "repair" herself to the most perfect and have the most perfect appearance in her boyfriend's eyes.
The two once showed affection very much. However, the good times did not last long, and Carranza found out that her boyfriend was cheating repeatedly, and she was betrayed again. The fragile nerves could not withstand the second blow, and Carranza fell into a complete breakdown. The next morning, at the end of the street, a pale-faced, incoherent woman was found talking to herself. That's Carranza.
The second killing did not give Carranza any comfort. Her mental state had completely lost control, and she had fallen into an abyssal state of insanity. However, none of the people around were aware of this sad fact. A helpless soul sinks deeper and deeper into the days of loss of salvation.
Ice cream underground and shocking cases
On this day in 2011, Carranza found out she was pregnant again. The love affair with her young boyfriend Roland gave her a desire for a new life and a future in the corner of her remaining sanity. During those weeks, Carranza lived an almost normal life, she was overjoyed and even mentally stabilized. However, at this time, the shop next door to the ice cream parlor had a broken pipe, making it impossible for the store to open normally, and they asked to enter the basement of the Carranza store to find the source of the broken pipe.
Years of secret hiding will finally be revealed. The moment the body was found, Carranza was nearby. The police car whistled closer and closer, and when she came to her senses, she realized that she could not escape justice. A familiar neighbor warily asks her about the shocking truth. Carranza shook her head in despair, even though she herself was in disbelief at what had happened.
She turned around and was about to leave Austria and flee abroad. However, she could not escape this international hunt after all. Carranza was soon arrested in Italy and sent back to Austria to stand trial. A litany of evidence links this seemingly gentle woman to two murders. Everyone is discussing what kind of life experience she encountered in life to embark on such an extreme path of sin, now that she has become the end of two lives.
Who the hell is she
Diagnosed with a severe personality disorder, Carranza's intricate mental world is a labyrinth. In court, Carranza bitterly repents of what she has done, while also accusing the two men of trampling on her life and the harm caused to her by this series of fateful arrangements. Did Carranza ever have a chance to have another choice? The good life she should have had was taken away one by one, and her inner world gradually collapsed, and she eventually became a person who had no strength to control her actions.
"I often pray in the chapel and ask for God's forgiveness. It wasn't until I became a mother that I really realized what I was doing, and now I have only one wish, and that is to change everything that happens. Carranza said this in tears in the courtroom. We have to feel sympathy for this woman with a tragic fate. A weak woman who longs to be saved and get spiritual comfort, but is trampled and betrayed again and again by those closest to her. This is undoubtedly the most heart-wrenching part of this tragic and difficult life.
Life ends in a claustrophobic prison
In November 2012, the court finally convicted Carranza of double murder and sentenced him to life in prison. In what is famous in Austrian history, Carranza is both a ruthless and ruthless murderer and a fragile and desperate victim. Her life was stagnant in this cold prison, drifting away. Who of us can conclude that in different life trajectories, she will not be just an ordinary person, living a warm and sunny life? It tormented Carranza, took away the life she could have had, and turned her from a hopeful woman into a dangerous murderer.
We cannot predict whether this tragedy could have been prevented. But at least until it happens, each of us has a chance to lend a helping hand and not let a fragile soul crumble. Carranza's mental state had been showing signs of danger for a long time, and her cries of pain were not heard. At the last minute, we lost our chance to save her.
This tragic incident is heartbreaking. It allows us to see the darkest and most terrifying side of human nature. But more importantly, it reminds us to keep our humanity bright and good at all times. It is up to each of us to lend a hand to the darkness – even if it's as simple as asking, "Are you okay?"
As Carranza spends the rest of her life in prison, she will also be haunted by the "ifs" for a long time. There are no ifs in life, but we can still learn from the tragedies that have occurred and light the lamp of hope for those who are still on the way.