Mon, Jan 7, 2019
Anna was skull-smashed with a glass object in the garden of the "Muki" (home for mother and child) she managed bossily. *She recently argued bitterly with resident mother Sonja, whom she considered unfit to raise her child. Katharina goes undercover to do 'night duty' at the "Muki" and finds Sonja has both an alibi and a drinking problem. Unstable young mother Yasmin leaned excessively on Anna while resisting her ex Denni Weiers's claim to their baby, and he may have broken into the home, which he denies, pointing at psychology student Nari, who was on duty that night.
Mon, Jan 14, 2019
Steffen Kurz was beaten to death, his corpse burnt and charcoal-burnt with his car. He belonged to an empowerment therapy group for men, that evening on their spiritual forest camp. Suspects are thus participants Dr. Markus Lamprecht, Osman Gülpek, Eric Bender and therapist Heiner Feldmann. Each had a possible motive, none confesses or points. To overcome their pact of silence, captain Arthur Bauer joins undercover, posing as retired cop who seems a match for Dominik Morgenstern, who seems to lead the investigation.
Mon, Jan 21, 2019
Chief surgeon Dr. Offner's corpse was beaten unconscious and boiled in the hospital's steam sterilizing device. Wheelchair-stuck teen patient Sebastian Trummer's mother Maja lost a lawsuit for alleged surgery errors, her fingerprints are on the murder weapon, a metal drip standard. Another suspicious patient's spouse, Walter Schick, made observations turning junior surgeon Dr. Helen Marquard into a suspect, having falsified medical records enabling Dr. Offner to avoid due conviction. The death of patient Thea Schick and systematic hygiene flaws also make hospital chief professor Carl Sydlow a suspect.
Mon, Jan 28, 2019
Entrepreneur and generous family benefactor Laetitia Sinde was skull-smashed. The will terms solve the money problems of favorite cousin Urs who bowed out of the rat race living soberly, being rejected as a 'looser' by his ambitious parents. Urs's father, Laetitia's brother Heribert Sinde, bitterly disagreed with her outdated management. Penniless Knut Lorenz and Peter Lummer let her on an online dating forum. The Sinde family network proves hard to comprehend.
Mon, Feb 4, 2019
A passerby calls a ambulance, too late, while nurse Nicole Sammer tries to reanimate in vain Ralf Weller why died from electrocution, possibly only fatal due to a cardiac condition. He occasionally worked as luxury call-boy in Tanja Föhrmann's escort agency, so the police team thinks of a client's jealous partner. Competing fitness center-managers Hassan Ahmed -barely breaking even- and -expanding- Lukas Hofinger were in contact with Weller, who booked his regular hotel three days for a poker night scam, and both lie about it. His admiring roommate, art student Tobias Küppers, sketches a robot picture of a man who threatened Weller. Next morning, Tanja Föhrmann is found murdered in the park.
Mon, Feb 11, 2019
Having witnessed with Katharina a conversation between three deaf bus traveler, Doc Weissenböck -who masters sign language- suspects trainee Leo Bergmann may be murdered and insists on an investigation. *His step-brother Florian, stuck in a menial job, was bitterly jealous of the favorite 'golden boy'. Suspects in the deaf people shared home include Svenja Weber, who has a crush on Leo, Felix Anzer and distant Markus Lehnhoff. Furthermore, a developer paid a local ruffian to scare away the residents, whatever it takes.
Mon, Feb 18, 2019
Heike Brahms, co-leader of a survival-camp, was killed by crossbow bolt in the forest. Her husband, army veteran Uwe Zöllner, was discharged dishonorably for temper problems and probably found out about her affair with a camp client, Lars Hoffmann, who went missing the fatal night. Macho maverick Karsten Schwarz covers up his forbidden, drunk nocturnal target stag hunt. He bought an alibi from nerdy softy Andreas Osang, who was his own traumatized secret.
Mon, Feb 25, 2019
Leo Gschwendtner, who runs his late father's lake boat excursion business with mother Verena, drowns at sunset in a drunk-bet duel 'practice' for the annual traditional 'Fischerstechen', a blunt lances joist on towing boats, fatally poisoned with a plant extract from a needle fixed to his color-coded lance, which may be meant for another during the official matches. Prime suspect is his opponent and school buddy, environmentalist activist Hansi Schwarz, whose group wants the boats banned and a bird sanctuary established. Leo also made candid nude pictures of him in bed with his lover Mia Grüner, daughter of Landrat (district official) Karl Grüner, who is also involved in bribery and blackmail.
Mon, Mar 4, 2019
Thomas Behrens dies from a SUV hit and run. Witnesses saw the car speed and practically aim. Behrens's endless shenanigans made enemies among family, friends and other victims. They include girl friend Jenny Krüger, who bore his baby, ex-wife Bettina Euler, colleague Elisa Nitsche and drunk Christoph Schönborn, who owns the fatal car and contradicts himself, hence is locked up as prime suspect. The team looks into various motives and opportunities.
Mon, Mar 11, 2019
German-American Brendan Miller was asphyxiated after tying-up, possibly tortured. His ex-fiancee Tessa Schön recently started a fruitless legal proceeding as their daughter Mia (5) never returned to her in München after a visit to his American family home, where she'll now stay with his parents pending the murder case. Also suspect, Jan and Sophia Ott bribed Miller 20 000 Euro to rent the home who bought in Bavaria, but the cash is gone. Miller's father arrives from the States. Brendan's dodgy janitor Anton Hofer keeps quiet about his links with Tessa's father Thomas Miller.
Mon, Mar 18, 2019
Oliver Bachmann was fatally shot in his communal garden plot. The team look into his plot neighbors, whom he hassled as 'Heckenpolizist' (society rules supervisor), notably Bruno Kaiser and Konrad Tauber, whose wife Sofie had an affair with Bachmann. Penniless student Felix Reiter lived secretly -against the rules- in his recovering grandmother's plot cabin, and smells a blackmail opportunity. Blood traces lead to another secret, about an injured illegal construction laborer bleeding to death after a site saw accident.
Mon, Mar 25, 2019
Shortly after Maria Theiss, who publicly accused student Tim Seidel of rape, was murdered, the same happens to presiding judge Grossmann, who acquitted Tim, who had an alibi. Press and Internet however kept campaigning against the judge, accusing his court chamber of systematic abuse acquittals, and against Tim, who seeks police protection, but sees his alibi discredited instead. Team leader Arthur Bauer seeks at least Grossmann's murderer in his own court, zooming in on his now likely to be promoted assessor and old bailiff Roman Zenk.
Mon, Apr 1, 2019
Dustin Franke was fatally shot, by an amateur, at home. He, Martin Hildebrandt and Heiko Müller, in addiction confrontation therapy with Dr. Brombach, accidentally picked the winning numbers of a lottery, worth 5 million Euros, not claimed for weeks, which allegedly neither validated. After Heiko Müller is also murdered, Martin Hildebrandt demands police custody, which is refused, so considers committing a crime or false confession. Dr. Brombach is suspiciously uncooperative. The fresh widow Magdalena Franke and Nicole Müller have only each-other as alibi. Gunther remains in foreign rehab, but forces son in law Hanno to face the proof he spent time in hotel rooms with his secretary, yet claims nothing happened while feeling morally unfaithful.
Mon, Apr 8, 2019
Pillar biter widow Maria Brandner was dumped in the cemetery well, but alive after a battering nearby. The sleepy peasant town Garming's mayor Maxi Oberpaur plans a whole center to cater for the tourism boom since Asian Catholics flock to the allegedly miraculously repainted Madonna icon. Son Florian Brandner runs an ailing souvenir shop, and ignored her recent Lourdes-pilgrimage, paid by the mayor, followed on a terminal cancer diagnosis. The curate, Laurenz Huberschmidt, knew she actually 'restored' the Madonna, and hides an even bigger secret, which the team guesses clued by the mad woman who dwells around the cemetery.
Mon, Apr 15, 2019
The bones of animal protection activist Marvin Sommer are found in the forest. His campaign for the wolf, who recently returned to Bavaria, made him enemies. District game keeper Elmar Dannenberg wants none is his Revier, bio-farmer Pirmin Leibinger fears kills among his flock will ruin his already struggling business. Even fellow nature defender Finn Mauritz fell out with Marvin, whose young wife and supporter Luisa, suspected him of adultery with biologist Dr. Paula Brandt. But the team stumbles onto surprisingly dark family secrets.
Mon, Dec 16, 2019
Mirko Schremp, mess chef and cooking teacher in a local center, is fatally knife-stabbed in the kitchen, which is vandalized. Schremp was generally disliked and made many enemies, for one beastly bullying model pupil Daniel Steeger, who even had to lick clean dropped food from his boots. Professional student Pascal Weber embarrassed him grossly complaining about the 'pigs feed'. Nigerian kitchen maid Mercy Okobi tries to deny proof she had sex with Mirko, and as turns out hides her illegally immigrated brother William sleeping in the kitchen. This was known to gentle mess chief Armin Kruse, who dreams of wedding Mercy.
Mon, Dec 23, 2019
Nora Wagner was murdered at home, while her teen daughter Tilda was gaming with headphones. Prime suspect is Nora's ex-husband Lars Wagner, being in a legal fight for custody of Tilda. Also two young male robber acquaintances of Tilda, and her connected martial arts coach. Finally Nora's employer, adhesives factory owner Olaf Möhrs. Then a DNA result requires reconsidering.
Mon, Dec 30, 2019
Fruit firm owner Sebastian Mooshofer is pierced at the stock hall by a high stapler. Fatal vehicle owner Martin Evers's wife Svenja had an affair with the victim. Bio-shopkeeper Constanze Zanger also had an ax to grind with him, and hides fraudulent non-bio purchases. Brother an d heir Ferdinand Mooshofer has his own jealous motive. However detective Dominik Morgenstern has unsuspected trouble with innkeeper Alois Sommerer, overprotective grandfather of the sneaky girlfriend Amelie.