Man charged over death of German, 23 By Neil Roberts © Copyright by The Royal Gazette Ltd Bermuda, February 16, 1999 Police investigating the road crash which killed German student Catrin Schaefer have finally charged a man in connection with her death. Schaefer, 23, died instantly in a head-on smash on Kindley Field Road near the airport almost five months ago. Now Police have formally charged a 32-year-old chef, arrested immediately after the crash on September 27. The man, a non-Bermudian living in St. George's, will appear before magistrates at 10 a.m. tomorrow. He has been answering to Police bail during the inquiry into Catrin's death. But the suspect will face charges of causing death by dangerous driving, now the file has been passed to the Attorney General's Chambers. Schaefer's death sent shockwaves throughout Bermuda. She was on a one-week study trip from Dusseldorf University to the Bermuda Biological Station for Research. But her life was snuffed out when she rode home to the station's Wright Hall campus following a night out to celebrate the end of her trip. Friends said Schaefer spent the evening drinking only soft-drinks. And they said she was "nervous" and "unsteady" on her bike, travelling only slowly wherever she went. [...] Return to newspaper overview.