All language subtitles for Kommissar Rex S02E08 Tod eines Kindes

INSPECTOR REX

DEATH OF A CHlLD

Sonja...

Hey! You know
you're not allowed in the bed.

Don't overreact.
What have you done with Sonja?

Where is she?

I've seen a patient.

A terrier with a complicated...

Ieg fracture.

- Did you hear my beeper?
- No.

I tried not to wake you.

I didn't hear anything,
but he did.

Right. Now out you get.

You too.
I've brought breakfast.

Listen...

Breakfast has to be earned.
Get some wood from the shed.

You understood.

Wood for the stove.

Moser.

Oh, Stocki. What?

You found her
in the swimming pool?

I'm on my way.

Breakfast's off.
We have to go.

What's up?
Do you have to go out?

Yes.

A girl's been found
in a pool at the West Baths.

- Hello.
- Hi, Stocki.

A neighbour saw her in the pool
half an hour ago.

The police were called at once
but it was too late.

The girl had probably been dead
for some time.

Any clues to her identity?

No, but I've given H�llerer
a description.

He's checking
the missing person reports.

Why is the pool full
at this time of year?

Frost protection.

All outdoor pools
are kept full in winter.

The manager has just given me
a 1 5-minute lecture on it.

Richard... the girl appears
to have drowned here,

possibly from hypothermia
or water inhalation.

- Is anyone else involved?
- Possibly.

There are strangulation marks
on her neck

but I don't know
if there's a direct link.

- Gentlemen.
- When did the girl die?

God, Richard. You know
how hard it is to say.

The low water temperature,
the absence of air after death...

They delay
the usual indications.

How long has she been
in the water?

Now then,
that's a much easier question.

From the swelling of her fingers
and epidermis, I estimate...

1 0 to 1 5 hours.

- Was the girl abused?
- No outward signs of abuse.

Right. I'll be in touch.

Yes, I'm sure you will.

- The water sample.
- Thanks.

And don't forget
to get the water temperature.

See you.

Josef...

- Found anything?
- She had an unused bus ticket.

That's all, but searching
this huge area will take days.

Exactly.

Come here, Rex.

Have a look around.

If you find something,
don't bring it. Just bark.

If the girl died
yesterday afternoon

someone up there
must have seen something.

True. I'll find out.
But I don't know if it will help.

It gets dark so early.
People may not have noticed.

Why here, in midwinter?
How did she get in?

No idea.

Maybe she climbed
over the fence.

Then Rex would find a scent
from the pool to the fence.

- Doesn't look like it.
- Well? Any luck?

He hasn't found anything.

- And if there isn't one?
- What?

A scent.

If he hasn't found one
there may not be one.

How did the girl get in, then?

I'd like to know that too.

When did your daughter
leave the house?

At about 2 yesterday afternoon.

She was going
to see her grandmother.

Where does
her grandmother live?

Not far from us.
It's a 1 0-minute walk.

I gave Sabine a ticket
for the trip home

so she wouldn't have to
walk home in the dark.

She said
she'd be back at 6 anyway.

And you reported
her missing at 8, did you?

Yes, I called my mother
just after 6

and found out
Sabine hadn't been there.

My mother hadn't called me,
because...

Sabine hadn't told her
she was coming.

She often just dropped in.

Excuse me.

May I introduce my colleagues?

Mr Moser,
Mr Stockinger.

Mrs Just. Her daughter Sabine
went missing yesterday.

She left home at about 2 p.m.
to visit her grandmother

and hasn't been seen since.

Have you called schoolmates,
friends and acquaintances?

Yes, for half the night.

But she didn't visit any of them.

Could she have
got into a stranger's car?

Definitely not.
I've always told her not to.

And she did what I told her.

Please...

I gave her a ticket home too.

Do you have a photo
of your daughter?

Yes.
Sorry.

I actually have several.

Thanks.

We...

We're very sorry, Mrs Just...

Have you found her?

Yes.

She appears to have drowned.

Drowned?

But she was
an excellent swimmer.

How am I going
to tell my husband?

Where is she?

She was in a swimming pool
at the West Baths.

Any idea
why she would be there?

West Baths?

That wasn't on her way.
How did she get there?

I don't know.

Shall I take you home?

No.

I want to go to my daughter.

We'll take you there now.

Could you answer
some questions first?

Sabine was going
to her grandmother's place.

Would you point out
her route on the map?

Mother doesn't live far from us.

Sabine would definitely
have walked along this street,

turned left here
and gone along this side street.

My mother lives here...

Have a seat.

Sit down, Mrs Just.

All we found on Sabine
was the bus ticket.

Could she have had
anything else? A bag?

No. Nothing at all.

Apart from her purse.

Red leather
with a gold clasp.

Stockinger here. Have you
found a red leather purse?

No.

- But there's still a lot to do.
- It must be there.

- I'll tell the others.
- Thanks.

We'll take you home now.

Can l...
Can I go to her?

Later, Mrs Just.

My offsider
will stay with you.

This is interesting.
Very interesting, actually.

I hope you're talking
about my case.

Yes.

The girl was strangled
with a wide piece of material

and then thrown into the water,
where she drowned.

So she was murdered.

- Time of death?
- I can narrow it down a bit.

Between 4 and 7 p.m.

But she was still alive
when she was thrown in.

Well...

I don't get it. Those baths
are surrounded by buildings.

- Someone must have seen it.
- That wouldn't help.

You see, she didn't drown
at the West Baths...

- It was somewhere else.
- What?

I see. That's why
Rex didn't find anything.

- So that's not the crime scene.
- Definitely not.

The water in her lungs
was pure and clear.

The water in the pool where she
was found is full of chemicals.

Aluminium salts, chlorine,
disinfectant...

She was killed elsewhere
and taken to the baths?

- Yes.
- To other baths?

Or could she have drowned
in a bathtub or a pool?

No. I'm quite sure of that.

In both cases

I'd have found bath salts
or other chemicals in the water.

But it was pure.

It's probably
some kind of flowing water,

a brook or something.

- Have you got a map?
- Yes.

The girl was going
to see her grandmother.

Her mother showed us
her usual route.

Along this street,
then this side street...

But there's nothing
along the way.

Let's assume
the girl went a different way.

- What's nearby?
- A couple of brooks.

It must be close. She'd never
get into a stranger's car.

- No clues from family or friends.
- There's nothing further east.

What's that on the other side?

The Hubertus Baths.

A natural pool with pure
spring water. No chemicals.

Richard, we should have a look
at that water.

Not just the water
but the whole baths, Leo.

This is the spring. The water
flows underground into the pool.

We'll take a water sample
and send it to Dr Graf.

Sorry, but I don't
get the connection.

Someone killed the girl here
and took her to the West Baths?

Why?
They could have left her here.

It seems certain she was
just found at the West Baths.

That's no help.

We need the crime scene...
or we'll get nowhere.

Right. What now?

Yes. What now?

- You take a water sample.
- What with?

What? Oh, with this.
Graf gave it to me.

Fantastic.
He's a pretty cluey guy.

Rex!

You go that way.
Search.

Have a look around.

I don't know.

If we do confirm she drowned
here, what does it prove?

We have no other clues.

Or has questioning teachers
and friends revealed something?

Firstly,
the questioning isn't finished.

Secondly,
there are no clues so far

and the girl's purse
hasn't been found.

All we have is a dead girl
and a desperate mother.

Let's keep looking, Stocki.

What's up, Rex?

Stay, Rex. Stop.

- The purse.
- The girl was here.

She drowned in that pool.
Call Forensics, Stocki.

Tell them to come.

Well, here's your reward.

Listen...
can one of you explain

why the killer bothered
to carry the girl to another pool?

Stocki asked that too.
I don't know.

- It's possible that...
- That what?

That the crime scene will
give us a clue to the killer.

We'll check out the baths' staff.

It's strange.

Someone tries hard
to conceal the location,

then forgets a simple purse.

He can't have forgotten it.
He probably didn't notice.

- What?
- It's possible.

The girl was strangled.

She tried to resist, and her
purse fell out of her pocket.

Luckily for us,
or we'd never have realised

that she was killed
at the Hubertus Baths.

So the whole cover-up attempt
was pointless.

- We must let him know.
- So the killer is warned?

We'll put out a press release
in time for the evening edition.

We'll say the girl was found
at the West Baths.

- Not a word about the...
- Hubertus Baths.

We'll publish a photo of a purse
like that one.

- And ask if anyone's found it.
- The killer will come to get it.

Good luck.

He'll realise
the girl had a purse.

If he tried so hard
to conceal the crime scene

he'll definitely come
to find it.

We've been hanging around
all night.

- I don't think he'll come now.
- Thanks.

I'll see how the others
are going.

Any news, Wimmerer?

Wimmerer!

No.

What about you, Eckmeier?

We can't see anything here.

We'll keep waiting.

- He may still come.
- Now it's light? He'd be mad.

Why? There's no one
at the baths in winter.

Shh, Rex.

Quiet.

We've seen him.

Yes. Thanks.
He's coming towards us.

Over.

Eckmeier says he came
through the main gate.

He had a key.

A key?

- He works here.
- Damn.

If he's walking around,
he'll drive our killer away.

- I'll tell him to come tomorrow.
- Wait.

He's going towards
the cubicle.

Stand by. Someone's
approaching the cubicle.

- Police.
- You're under arrest.

They should have waited
until he took the purse.

- I even said...
- Relax, we'll make him talk.

Come, Rex.

I'm telling you, I have nothing
to do with all this.

- I work at the baths.
- Exactly.

You took the girl's body away
so as not to look suspicious.

Once again, where were you
two days ago from 4 to 7 p.m.?

I've already told you.
I was watching TV at home.

I work when I like.
I wasn't even there that day.

I usually go
on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

You said in your statement
that you were watching TV.

What programs?

Nothing special.

I have a satellite dish.
I switch channels all the time.

You have no alibi
for the time of the murder.

The TV is your only witness.

Why did you want
to get the purse?

I had a look
because the door was open.

It's my job to make sure
everything's in order.

But you said you were going
to paint the cubicles

so most of them were open.

If so many doors were open,
why choose that one?

A homeless person
could have slept in there.

So a stranger in the baths
took the girl.

I won't say another word.

Right, Mr Stanek.

Let's go back to the beginning.

Where were you from 4 to 7
two days ago?

Bad news, Richard.

Dr Graf found blue wool fibres
on the girl's neck

that came from
the murder weapon.

Nothing matching has been found
in Stanek's flat.

He could have thrown it away.

Or do you think
he'd leave it there for us?

And the two phone calls
he said he had?

I checked.
It's true, unfortunately.

We'll have to let Stanek go.
This is a joke.

There's not even enough
evidence to keep him in custody.

We need watertight evidence.

A witness who saw the girl
or a crim without an alibi...

Tough call.

The autopsy report says
she'd eaten sweets.

- Did you check that out?
- I called her mother.

She said there's a sweet shop
all the local kids like.

- Got the address?
- Of course.

Stay, Rex.

REAL MARZlPAN

Hello?

Good afternoon...

Hello.
Sorry, I was in the storeroom.

How can I help you?

Crime Squad.
Are you the owner of the shop?

- Yes. What's up?
- A question.

Do you know this girl?

Yes, she's been
a customer for years,

Iike all the kids around here.

I read about it in the papers.
It's terrible.

- Who'd do such a thing?
- We're asking that too.

Did the girl come
to your shop recently?

Say, two days ago?

No, not for a while.
And I'm almost always here.

Except when
you're in the storeroom.

- Do you have any employees?
- No, it's not worth it.

These days
you have to do it yourself.

If you think of anything
about the girl...

That's unlikely.

The kids all buy sweets here,
but I don't know them well.

Hello.

Hi, Martin.

- How was the skating?
- The same as usual.

The gentlemen are policemen.
This is my son Martin.

Hello, Martin.

Tell me, have you ever
seen this girl?

Yes. She sometimes
bought sweets here.

Were you here in the afternoon
two days ago?

No, I wasn't at the shop.

If you think of something,
your father has my number.

- Goodbye, gentlemen.
- Goodbye.

- You gave me a fright.
- You'll get a worse one now.

Well?

A witness saw the girl
just after 2 on the day she died.

She was coming out of the shop
with sweets.

- Lots of girls buy sweets here.
- Oh?

The witness was
a friend of Sabine's.

Sabine even said she'd been
here, and offered her sweets.

Why did you say
she hadn't been here?

I can't remember
her being here.

This isn't about sweets,
Mr Oswald. It's about murder.

We'll continue talking
at my office.

- You can't just take me in.
- Yes, I can.

That's unbelievable.

Just because I can't remember
if some girl bought sweets.

Not any girl. One who was
murdered shortly afterwards.

Shall we go?

May I phone my wife?
I can't just close the shop.

Sure.

It's me. Come to the shop.
I'm going to the police station.

I don't know why either.

You were at the shop
on the afternoon of the murder.

Non-stop.

And you don't remember
selling the girl sweets?

- Who will believe that?
- So many kids come in.

I can't remember
every single one.

Bad luck, Mr Oswald.

Most of the local schools
had classes that afternoon.

So there can't have been
too many girls in your shop.

Now I remember.
My wife was there for a while.

Maybe Sabine
bought sweets then.

We'll question your wife.
Where were you?

Walking near the baths?

May I have a glass of water?

Hello.

Hello, Mrs Rampitsch.
What would you like?

- 1 00 grams of the house mix.
- House mix. Fine.

Anything else?

Where's the boss today?

My husband had to go out.
He'll be back soon.

Is it true that a policeman
took him away this morning?

- Where did you hear that?
- Everyone's talking about it.

Has it got something to do
with the murdered girl?

Of course not.

He probably just has to
make a statement.

I see.
Then everything's fine, isn't it?

Here.

Thanks.

Regards to your husband.

- Well?
- I'm sorry.

Thank you. Goodbye.

Why would I kill the girl?
Can you give me a reason?

A sex murder, for example.
The girl resists.

You strangle her,
she passes out.

- You throw her in the pool.
- lsn't that what happened?

How about a confession?

You need a killer,
so you grab anyone.

- Just because I sold her sweets.
- You admit she bought sweets?

I admit nothing.

What about the suspect
in custody?

He has an alibi, unlike you.

You said your wife
minded the shop for you.

- Where were you?
- I want a lawyer.

Fine. But let's sort out
the contradictions first.

First you were at the shop,
then you weren't.

- You were home, then out.
- I went for a walk.

A girl's been killed.

And you have no alibi
for that time or afterwards.

Afterwards?
What happened then?

We want you to tell us.

I don't know when he'll be back.
What do you want?

I just want to say one thing.
I have a little daughter.

If it turns out
that he's linked with the murder

you'll have to close
your shop.

- No!
- We'll trash your place.

We'll search your car.
And we'll find something.

We'll find out everything
you did on that day.

The girl may have
got into your car.

You have a wife and son.

If you don't confess,
we'll question them.

- Won't you spare them that?
- What have they to do with it?

They're the only ones
who can back you up.

If you confess
we can leave them out of it.

Okay. It was me.

I killed the girl.

I didn't mean to.

It was an accident.

What happened then?

Then I realised
she'd been to our shop

and that the baths
were nearby.

Then I took her
to the other baths.

Which ones?

The West Baths.

Mum?

What are you doing
in the shop?

The police were here.

They took Dad with them.

Don't worry.
Dad will be back soon.

They just want to know
if the girl bought sweets here.

By the way,
I have to go out again.

I promised I'd pick Georg up
from school.

Then go straight home, okay?

Hello.

Hi, Martin.

- Hello, Mrs Oswald.
- Yes, Mr Noack?

Two bars of chocolate.
Where's your husband?

- Georg!
- What are you doing here?

Bye.

I have to talk to you.

- The cops came for my dad.
- What?

- You have to help me.
- Now? I have to go home.

- What's more important?
- Okay. What is it?

Come with me.

Mrs Oswald?
Come with me.

So...
Mrs Oswald is here.

- My name is Moser.
- Hello.

Please, take your coat off.

Why wouldn't you talk about
my husband on the phone?

We talked to him, and I wanted
to see you personally.

Please sit down.

Where is my husband?

With Police Records.
Photos, fingerprints and so on.

- Have you arrested him?
- I'm sorry, Mrs Oswald.

He's made
a full confession.

He admitted to killing the girl
in the afternoon

and taking her
to the baths in the evening.

We've found relevant traces
in his car.

My husband killed the girl?

That's impossible.
He was at the shop all day.

- But didn't you mind the shop?
- No.

I planned to, but I had
a doctor's appointment.

- Why did he ask you to work?
- The accountant was coming.

He wanted
to talk to him in peace.

The accountant was with him
at the shop all afternoon.

Don't you get it?
It was the maintenance guy.

What makes you so sure?

Haven't you seen him
staring at the little girls?

He brought one here
and took her into a cubicle...

You mean, he fooled around
with her and she screamed?

Then he strangled her
and threw her in the pool.

What if he denies it?

He has a key and he's
always here. It was him.

Damn!

I'll have to buy thinner.

Goodbye.

Thanks for your statement,
Dr Herrmann.

This is a joke.

Oswald confesses,

but his accountant gives him
a cast-iron alibi.

- We do have a confession.
- It's useless.

He describes taking the girl
from one pool to the other,

but has incredible memory gaps
about the murder.

It could be repressed memory.

So bad that he forgets
all the details? No.

Well...

Let's take him to the baths.
He can show us how he did it.

We need an examining
magistrate, a secretary...

We don't need anyone.
Come on.

Right.

In which cubicle did you make
indecent advances to the girl?

It must have been
one of the cubicles over there.

Or there?

This is getting nowhere.
You must remember which one.

We'll start again.

You came in with the girl
through the hole in the fence.

Then I went into
one of the cubicles with her.

There are 250 cubicles
in these baths.

Keep still.
I'll get an ambulance.

- Who are you?
- I'm Richard. Keep still.

That's Rex.
He got you out of there.

Don't cry, Mum.

I'll make sure
Dad gets out again.

There he is.

Let's see what he has to say
about Georg's story.

Wait.

Listen, Rex.
Bring the scarf here, okay?

Let go.

Good.

Martin?

Come on.

The girl was strangled with this.
Right, Martin?

Why were you going
to burn the scarf?

- So Dad wouldn't go to jail.
- He won't.

He did take the girl from
one of the baths to the other

but he didn't kill her.

Won't you tell me
what really happened, Martin?

Georg and I went for a walk

and ran into Sabine.

We often go to the baths
when the caretaker isn't there.

I told Sabine
to play with us a bit.

You were in the cubicle
with her. Go on.

We had a bit of a cuddle.
Then Georg went away.

I wanted to play
with her a bit.

She didn't want to.
She screamed.

I took the scarf and...
Then I threw her into the water.

And then you went home
and told your dad?

Yes.

He said no one was to find out.

Okay.
Come with me to my desk.

I'll take your statement.

Dad said not much
can happen to me.

I'm not old enough.

Can you keep going?
I have to get out of here.

Okay.

Come on, Rex.

Let's go for a walk.