8 h. ago Inside chilling mind of dad who 'forced kids on torture hike and left them alone to die'

A father allegedly dragged his three children up a dangerous mountain and abandoned them in death-defying conditions. Experts have delved into what could have been going through his mind on that fateful day

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11 h. ago All you need to know as Austria man charged after girlfriend's mountain death

Thomas Plamberger, 36, is accused of manslaughter by gross negligence after his girlfriend, Kerstin Gurtner, 33, allegedly froze to death on Austria's Grossglockner mountain in January

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24 h. ago Six accusations against man who 'left girlfriend to freeze to death on mountain'

Thomas Plamberger, 36, is accused of leaving his girlfriend, Kerstin Gurtner, 33, to freeze to death on Austria's Grossglockner mountain and descending the peak alone

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26 h. ago First picture of woman 'left to freeze to death on Austrian mountain' by boyfriend

Kerstin Gurtner, 33, tragically died near the summit of Grossglockner in January.

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28 h. ago Girlfriend 'left to freeze to death on Austrian mountain' by boyfriend pictured

Thomas Plamberger, 36, is accused of abandoning 33-year-old girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner in freezing subzero temperatures while climbin, Grossglockner, Austria's tallest mountain

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30 h. ago Girlfriend, 33, pictured before boyfriend 'leaves her to freeze to death' on mountain

A first picture has been shared of the girlfriend who tragically died near the summit of Austria's highest peak after her partner allegedly abandoned her to freeze to death

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30 h. ago Tributes to ‘wonderful’ female climber, 33, left to ‘freeze to death’ on mountain by her boyfriend

Prosecutors say novice climber Kerstin Gurtner died after being abandoned by her partner for hours in brutal conditions

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33 h. ago Pictured: Girlfriend, 33, 'left to freeze to death' on Austrian mountain by her boyfriend in

Kerstin Gurtner, 33, froze to death on Grossglockner, Austria's highest peak, last January after being allegedly 'abandoned' by her boyfriend Thomas Plamberger, during a night-time ascent.

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54 h. ago Boyfriend charged after ‘leaving exhausted girlfriend to freeze to death’ on mountain

A court in Austria is now pouring through phones, sports watches, photos, videos to discover how an expert climber left his girlfriend to die in hellish conditions last January

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58 h. ago Moment boyfriend left his girlfriend to freeze to death on Austria's biggest mountain is caught on webcam

The 33-year-old mountaineer from Salzburg died on the 12,460ft Grossglockner mountain in January after setting off on a tour with her partner, 36.

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3 d. ago Boyfriend is charged with manslaughter after leaving his girlfriend to freeze to death on Austria's highest mountain

The 33-year-old mountaineer from Salzburg died on the Grossglockner mountain in January after setting off on a tour with her partner, 39.

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4 d. ago Dad accused of abandoning kids on mountain after they ask 'will we freeze to death?'

Micah Smith faces child torture and abuse charges after allegedly abandoning his three children aged 2, 4 and 8 overnight on a Utah mountain during severe weather, leaving them in critical condition

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8 d. ago Children ask 'are we going to freeze to death, daddy?' as he 'abandons them on mountain'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. As 31-year-old Micah Smith led his three children up a mountain in stormy conditions, his young daughter had just one heartbreaking question: "Are we going to freeze to death, Daddy?"

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