Posted on 11/11/2021 6:35:05 PM PST by BenLurkin
Two Germans and a Chilean have been detained over the murder in Paraguay of a German man and his daughter in a crime police believe was related to the theft of rare Stradivarius violins.
Bernard Raymond von Bredow, 62, a museum owner and luthier, was slain along with his 14-year-old daughter Lydia last month at their home in Aregua, east of the Paraguayan capital. Police said Von Bredow’s body showed signs of torture.
Commissioner Hugo Grance, the chief investigator of the local police, said four violins believed to have been made by the revered Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari were found in the possession of Volker Grannas, a 58-year-old German who lived near the Von Bredow residence.
Also arrested were Yves Asriel Spartacus Steinmetz, 60, and Chilean Stephen Jorg Messing Darchinger, 51.
Grance said that Von Bredow apparently had left the violins with Grannas during a trip to Germany, and was told when he returned that they had been destroyed in a fire.
Grance said last week that Von Bredow’s house “was found in complete disarray and blood stains indicated that the Germans were probably killed elsewhere on the property. The man had traces of having been tortured,” Grance added.
The officer said the evidence at the scene indicates “that two or more individuals sought something” inside the house.
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The Red Violin, one of the few movies I recommend
I always wanted a Strad, could never justify it.
I have an old Stainer but it is not as good as one might expect
Great movie. But one of the worst trailers ever made.
the whole article is very confusing,
I think I got it
Bernard Raymond von Bredow, 62, a museum owner and luthier, who also skeleton of a mammoth was tortured and his daughter killed.
He went on a trip, and asked his friend Grannas to hold onto his priceless violins and keep them safe, but when he returned he was told and let it known that there had been a terrible fire and all the violins had burned.
After the Dead guy died the police found the violins in the possession of the Grannas guy who claimed they burned.
The guys who killed were arrested, but not the Grannas guy, so..
Four!?
Wow. Speechless.
How fast can a fiddle run anyway?
Faster than the dish and the spoon?
Too much sax and violins.
Too much violins in movies these days
Their murders will now become a part of the history of the four violins.
My oldest friend stole a strad and played it for 30 years.
Back in the late 70’s, I worked at a Safeway store with a guy. He was in his 40s, and still lived with his parents. He came to work one day with an old violin. It had a Stradivarius label and a date inside. He thought he was going to be rich.
I was just a kid, but knew it couldn’t be real.
My Uncle Frank was a fiddle player, so I went to ask him about it.
My Uncle said he had one also.
He went in his house, and came back out with the exact violin.
It was the style of violin. He also said they were not very good reproductions.
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