STORY LINE (in english):
The farmer Leo Koczyk is imprisoned on suspicion of murder of his sister-in-law and arson at his own farm. In jail, the night before his trial he got into an argument with his cell mate named Huber for laughing about some 15 Deutschmarks worth of missing
stuff and Leo then confessed to the murder of his sister-in-law. He said she wanted to blackmail him because she knew that he had set fire to his barn himself in order to receive the sum insured. At the start of the trial the next morning, the public
prosecutor's office had already learned of Koczyk's confession from Huber's testimony. Koczyk indignantly denied this confession, saying that Huber is lying.
Munich police senior commissioner Melchior Veigl and police assistant Brettschneider are called in to the questioning of Koczyk by the public prosecutor. Brettschneider remembers the investigation after the arson, Koczyk stated at the time that' the '
neighbors' children set fire to the barn, Koczyk's sister-in-law Thea had confirmed Koczyk's statement at the time.
A few weeks later, Thea was found dead. On the evening of her murder, she had left the pub where she worked and never came back. Koczyk, who had seen his sister-in-law that evening, got entangled in contradictions at the time, and various tire tracks
on his bicycle were found at the crime scene; these indicate that Koczyk must have taken his sister-in-law to the crime scene later on the bike . Koczyk's statements in the arson case also turned out to be false.
Back in the office, Brettschneider, who remembered the investigation where Koczyk stated at the time that' the 'neighbors' children set fire to the barn, now says that police report alibi for each child accused of setting the fire, letting them off of
suspicion.
The witness Otto Tamm says that he had seen Koczyk on a bicycle with Thea on the evening of the crime. Veigl then spoke to Tamm's boss, a businessman named Mr. Mergentheimer, who had arranged to meet Thea a few hours before the crime. Thea let him in
on her brother-in-law's insurance fraud and wanted a deal with Mergentheimer. If he gave her the seed capital 'for a nightclub she was planning, she would have been willing to put pressure on her brother-in-law to sell a piece of land Mergentheimer was
interested in to him. She talked about having evidence against her brother-in-law. With this deal, Koczyk would have been financially in jeopardy, which was also revealed by the subsequent search through the house and documents seized there.
Veigl has doubts because the main witnesses Mergentheimer and Tamm both had an interest in Koczyk's field, but Koczyk was arrested on the basis of the overwhelming evidence. Veigl and his boss police council member Härtinger discuss possible
insurance fraud involving Tamm's boss Mr. Mergentheimer.
Veigl continues to investigate even after Koczyk's apparent confession. He asks Ms. Koczyk, who is currently flirting with Otto Tamm in 'the village restaurant, about her husband's confession, who thinks it is absurd, in particular that Koczyk should
have admitted that his sister-in-law wanted to sleep with him. Veigl learns from the bartender that Ms. Koczyk has been seen with Otto Tamm more often since her husband was arrested and jailed. They were even dancing and kissing at the village
restaurant, which Veigl saw.
Veigl and his police assistant Lenz take a look around Mergentheimer's brickworks, where they find out that Otto Tamm has been demoted and that production is being switched' and affected in other ways suddenly, yet Tamm seems pretty relaxed. Veigl is
more than suspicious that the production changeover, which had to take place because Koczyk's property was not purchased, happened so suddenly, and obviously the company must be doing very badly.
Veigl's colleague Baden-Baden police commissioner Gerber visits the brickworks owner Mergentheimer's father-in-law Egkbert, in Baden-Baden. The father-in-law says that he decided to switch production a long time ago and only let his son-in-law' into
that production effort, 'but not Tamm.'
Regarding the spread of 'unrest among the suspects, Veigl has the crime reconstructed on site. It turns out that Koczyk's bike is defective and that he could not have been at the scene at the time of the crime.
Veigl looks for the company's new technical manager, Schermann, who says that the changeover had been planned for over a year and that only he, Egkbert and his secretary, Ms. Schmalzl, were in on the act. Veigl asks Ms. Schmalzl, who had informed Otto
Tamm about the change in company on a company outing. Lenz then shadowed Tamm, who heard Schmalzl's statement.
Tamm throws various letters at the post office that the police intercept; he had sent them to himself in poste restante.' Senior police commissioner Veigl finds in one letter from Thea to Mergentheimer, where 'she says that she herself had seen her
brother-in-law set his barn on fire. Now, Koczyk has to sell his property to Mergentheimer. Tamm obviously wanted to hide this letter because he feared his house would have been searched.
Veigl then looks for Koczyk in prison and shows him the letter. He admits that he had set fire to the barn and that Thea had blackmailed him, but Koczyk denies the murder. He had let himself into Thea's blackmail, he had only confessed the murder to
Huber so that he would leave him alone and not abuse him any further.
Veigl goes to Tamm who is sitting with Koczyk's wife and shows him the intercepted letter. He had overheard the conversation between Koczyk and Thea and intercepted Thea on the evening of the crime and asked her about the arson. He urged them to come to
an agreement with Mergentheimer instead of Koczyk and to urge Koczyk to sell the property in order to save the company and his own position. However, Thea refused to hand Tamm the letter with her testimony. He then strangled Thea to get the letter. Tamm
lets himself be led away by Veigl and his team without resistance.
SOURCE: (updated)from Wikipedia Germany, Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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