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Barbara is alive!

My boss and Chief Prosecutor Leest think your brother-in-law did it.

Did you really see her?

Tell me!

Is there a link between the murders and my sister's case?

- No, there isn't. - You questioned a suspect.

Juergen Becker. He had minimal contact with your sister.

- What were you looking for? - Not what, who.

You know who I'm looking for.

If you understand his formative childhood experiences.

You'll know who he is.

You'll know what he's capable of.

DARK WOODS

Mrs Becker? Prosecutor Hermes.

I have a search warrant for Juergen Becker's house.

Sorry, my husband isn't home.

- Thanks. - Hey! You can't just...

Could you take off your shoes? I just cleaned up.

- Where is your husband? - I don't know. At work?

- At 6 a.m? - He doesn't tell me everything.

He'll be very angry when he realises you...

Please don't open that.

Can you call him?

But I mustn't call him on that number.

Never.

I'll go upstairs.

Locked door.

The key?

I'm not allowed in that room. You're not allowed either.

Get the key or we'll break the door down

I don't have the key! Only Heiner and Juergen have the key!

Don't do this!

Wait.

Okay, come in.

He advertised as a callboy for sadomasochism.

Looks like someone had plans.

Small calibre. Like the one used for the double murders.

You mustn't do this.

You mustn't do this.

Juergen will be angry when he gets home.

Mrs Becker...

Call your husband and make him come here.

By keeping his whereabouts a secret..

You're committing a crime.

Do me this favour

I don't want a pretty woman like you to go to jail.

Please.

I told you not to call me.

I'm sorry. There are many...

Many what?

What's wrong, darling?

The police are searching the whole house.

Juergen Becker, this is Jan Gerke.

- Why are you in my house? - We have a warrant.

- You have the right to be here - I'm coming.

Where are you? Hello?

Miss Bach?

Can you take a look?

- Is that blood? - It doesn't look like ketchup.

- Can we check it? Send it to Hanover.

Where were you on August 13?

Your husband told us you were at home with him.

Mrs Becker, when will your husband return?

He's on his way.

She called him.

When?

Around...

90 minutes ago

- You warned him. - He has the right to be here.

It seems he has better things to do

What car does your husband drive?

I don't know. He has a lot.

Which car is he driving now?

A blue Honda Civic with one of Becker's licence plates was seen on the 211.

Driving towards the Elbe at high speed.

He wants to get to East Germany.

I'm glad you didn't listen to me.

Police! Hands up and out of the car!

Hands up and out of the car!

- Is it him? - I don't know. He hasn't moved.

I think he's armed.

Hands up and out of the car!

Get out!

Get out!

Where is your buddy, Juergen Becker? It's a crime to withhold information

Out!

Gerke here Weesenburg Crime Squad

It's not the target.

Juergen Becker is in deep trouble Help us and you help him.

Can't help you.

Hey, Becker owns two blue Hondas. He tricked us.

Marianne and I will go to the theatre.

I thought Theresa should do something with you.

But on the weekend could all...

- Thomas? - Yes?

Phone call.

- Who is it? - No idea.

- Bethge speaking. - You're hunting the wrong one.

- Becker, is that you? - I'm innocent.

I'm not involved with your sister's disappearance. Stop searching my house.

- Listen, Becker... - It's me.

Are you at his house?

What?

You're at his house, right?

There's something in the garden.

Coming.

- I have to go. - What happened?

They might have found her.

Barbara?

- Will you call me? - Of course.

- I told you not to call me. - They found something in the garden.

I always told you not to dig in the garden.

What's in there?

Tell me exactly what happens.

- Can anyone see you? - No.

They got a huge crane.

The dog is barking.

What does that mean?

The cadaver dog's found something.

Get it out.

Lift it up.

Slowly, slowly.

They're pulling a car out.

They're going to the boot.

Tell me what's in there.

Open it.

Opening.

The boot is empty

Guys!

Thanks. Good job.

What? - That's all.

- Mr Lohse? - Yes.

Why don't you keep looking? The dog found something.

Mr Bethge, wherever your sister is. She isn't on this property

promise you that.

Why did he bury a car? Who knows what else we'll find?

I told you we solve our cases ourselves.

We'll evaluate the evidence to see if anything is useful.

I promise I'll call you personally. Just stop, Mr Bethge.

I wouldn't be standing here without you.

Thanks.

I knew wasn't wrong about you.

Should I do anything differently?

My life is exhausting enough.

Loving shouldn't be exhausting. Shouldn't be exhausting. someone

It doesn't work since Theresa

When will this finally stop?

We wanted to start a family and have a child.

- Hello? Who is it? - You know who it is

This is all your fault.

Ladies.

Hello. Nice to see you.

Well, you two uncovered something.

First a coffin and then a whole car.

Ar new, leased car.

We assume a corpse was moved in it.

See? A recurring theme.

Assumptions, but nothing more

You don't have a corpse. Blood, hair or skin flakes

We aren't done with the house. The evidence is being analysed in Hanover.

We must assume Juergen Juergen Becker committed at least one crime.

We have to initiate a manhunt.

Do we?

Without a corpse, this looks like a maniac who collects weapons

And he likes sadomasochism.

As long as he does those things in his home, it's not a crime.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Why was Hamburg's Police Chief there so quickly?

I can imagine. Miss Hermes, a moment?

- Yes? - Hello, darling.

- Where are you? - I don't have much time.

Come home and tell everyone you didn't do anything mean. People are talking.

- What? - Is Heiner there?

Yes.

- Put him on. - Sorry.

He wants to talk to you.

We don't talk to other people. Got it?

I didn't talk.

They didn't find anything, so there's nothing to talk about

- I only said I can't help them - Good, well done.

Tell me what to do.

I'll be gone for a while. Take care of things and look after Andrea.

Okay.

- Don't talk to anyone until I'm back. - All right.

Good.

What are you supposed to do?

- No warrant? No manhunt? - He thinks Becker is a weird into S and M.

Why would he invite your sister and kill her?

Barbara would never have gone with him voluntarily.

- Maybe their games got out of hand - No, my sister... wasn't like that.

She was still young 40, attractive, vivacious and newly single

Stop talking about my sister like that. She wasn't like that.

Sorry. I'm running out of time.

We have to find my sister. And Becker must know where she is.

Becker knows

Gerke thinks Becker is abroad It'll take years to find him.

Yes. And Becker could have And Becker could have been arrested in 1989

Then my brother-in-law wouldn't be a murder suspect.

Come on, Mum

It's fine.

Once again she didn't eat anything.

- Shouldn't we really... - No, I don't want that.

- Who'd like more wine? - I'd love some.

- More for you, Robert? - No, thanks.

What's your name?

You were alone.

Check the particulars

Becker, Juergen 20 January 1954.

Hey!

Lisa?

- I need to go to the bathroom. - Come here.

Received an offer.

For a takeover of the company

It's too low but...

I'll do it

Within the next five years

And then?

Something needs to change.

Yes.

How was your night?

Follow my finger.

You have minor cranial trauma Three days and you can go.

It's not that bad

Sleep now. I'll come again later.

The police asked about you. They want to know something.

Any clues about the car that caused the accident?

No, but something else.

Room 212, second on the left.

Thanks.

Holy shit.

Mr Becker!

Stop, police!

He went this sway.

Suspect has fled. Back-up on the way.

Secure all exits!

Stop!

It can't always be about solving crimes.

Understanding the perpetrator and his rehabilitation.

We must take the victims' suffering seriously

Behringer and Vogts, please.

Yes? Bethge.

We found him.

A car accident near Heilbronn Crazy, right?

There was no warrant.

But they found something in his boot and wanted us to search his house.

Otherwise they wouldn't have told us. Long live federalism.

He's in custody. We'll drive there. The magistrate mustn't grant him bail.

I'll call you from there.

Yes, thanks.

They've arrested Becker.

We've got him. After four years. Isn't that crazy?

Yes

- Now we need to crack him - We have to take him apart.

Seriously.

You're a great policewoman.

- I'm the only woman we have. - Yes, that's why.

Don't go yet, Mum.

You have to wait.

HEILBRONN HEILBRONN PRISON

Your visitors from Weesenburg are coming I hope you've cleaned up.

Don't act too quickly

Confront him with the night of August 13.

He must have been in her house.

Won't let you down.

Shit!

Here, help me!

Suicide!

Yes?

He's dead.

How did that happen?

Strangled with his bed sheet.

What happened?

What did Becker say?

Becker killed himself

Shit.

Five minutes.

Two.

It's the wife's fault. Never should have trusted her.

Heiner knows something too.

Maybe we'll get into the house again.

One more time.

To tell his wife that he's dead

What will I do?

Without him...

What will I do now?

Tell us what your husband did all those years

He was the most wonderful part of my life.

And you? Come on, you know something.

Juergen Becker can't control you any more.

You don't know him.

He protected me, even as a child.

And you? Did you help him bury the car in the garden?

A confession will help you at the trial.

You don't have to fear him anymore.

Tell us where Barbara Neder is. Give her family peace.

If you don't know, let us search the house

You're the murderers.

You made him kill himself

- Come here! - Jan!

Tell me what you did to her! Where is she?

Let go of him.

- Louder! - Stop it!

Where is Barbara Neder?

What are you doing?

He tried to punch me

You can confirm that.

- Thanks for your team's persistence. - It's our job.

But thanks Your recognition means a lot to us

Could you take a look at Mr Becker's suicide notes?

We got copies from prosecution.

No confession.

And no hints to a location where we might find her.

There must be some.

- What's your next step? - We're discussing that.

- If you need our help... - Thanks, Mr Bethge, very generous of you.

Keep me informed of what you'll do next to find my sister.

As soon as there is news, I'll call you.

Bye, Mr Bethge.

What happened yesterday?

Heiner Mertens lost control.

Really?

Some people express their grief the wrong way.

Right.

We should request a second search of the property.

What?

- It's over. - What do you mean?

Well, we don't prosecute dead people

That's the law, Miss Bach.

Here.

"The suspicion of murder against Juergen Becker was not confirmed

“Furthermore. The suicide renders the trial obsolete.

"Chief Prosecutor Leest." It's over.

The house is full of evidence. Other evidence is being analysed.

We have suicide notes

And Becker must have had an accomplice.

The night Barbara vanished a car was idling outside her house.

Someone was in the house. Someone else was out front, probably Heiner Mertens.

The presumption of innocence applies to Heiner Mertens.

I haven't missed that Bethge uses you to distract from his brother-in-law.

What do you mean?

Neder most likely drove the corpse to the coast in his Porsche. We'll never find it.

What about the survivors? They need answers.

We're police, not social workers.

That's it?

After four years?

We'll never find her, we won't even try, we messed up and now now it's over?

You were the investigator in the case, right, Bach?

Anne, don't do this

If your son ever asks you about disloyalty and cowardice

I'd love to hear your answer.

Anne!

Anne.

Anne!

You have to find her. Barbara...

I will.

Promise.

This is better than spending years in prison.

My urn shall be buried with my father's grave

A trumpeter will play "The Good Comrade".

Not just for me, but especially for my father.

Andrea, I hope you find another man

who will make you really happy.

You deserve all the happiness in the world

Please, take care of the tulip poplar

I was hoping to see it blossom twice for the first time this year.

I can't think of anything else concerning the terrace.

Heiner should clean the gutter above the basement door.

But carefully, as he isn't the best handyman

I don't think I have to state my biggest wish after my death.

The house and the land.

Try together to preserve the house as it is.

Juergen Becker.

Inspired by true events.

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