| Beate Schmidt (born Wolfgang Schmidt on 5 October 1966) is a German serial killer and rapist, who killed six people and injured four between 1989 to 1991 in various villages in Brandenburg.
The then-unidentified killer was nicknamed the "Pink Giant" (German: Rosa Riese), from witness descriptions of Schmidt, who stood 190 cm (6 ft 3 in), and the presence of discarded pink lingerie at some of the crime scenes. As the murders and rapes occurred close to Beelitz, Schmidt was also named the "Beast of Beelitz" (Bestie von Beelitz) and "Beelitz murderer" (Beelitz-Mörder). |
