# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dieter-zurwehme
# Generated: 2026-08-20T22:08:04.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dieter-zurwehme"
name: "Dieter Zurwehme"
slug: "dieter-zurwehme"
description: "Dieter Zurwehme was a German fugitive, rapist, and mass murderer. He was responsible for the murder of five people and numerous other serious crimes and gained nationwide attention in the first half of 1999 following a several-month escape from custody. The escapes were followed closely by the media and announced an arrest reward of 10,000 Deutsche Mark."
tagline: "German fugitive and murderer (1942–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dieter_Zurwehme_wanted_poster.jpg/330px-Dieter_Zurwehme_wanted_poster.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1942-07-02"
deathDate: "2020"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.55
  momentum:             17.99270072992701
  historical:           2.573016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  46
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1223075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Zurwehme"
    title: "Dieter Zurwehme"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Zurwehme"
    title: "Dieter Zurwehme"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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