S3 • E11 Jan 29, 2014 45m
9.2
Riedl firmly claims to have just witnessed a murder. Quite by chance, while looking into a stranger's living room. Hubert and Staller are annoyed by their colleague, but allow themselves to be persuaded to visit the house where the crime scene is believed to be. The astonished homeowner, Peter Morbach, invites the police into the living room. As expected: no sign of a body. At the station, Riedl's reports are dismissed as pure fantasy - until Peter Morbach, completely distraught, reports the next day that his wife has disappeared without a trace. The sudden disappearance becomes a mystery The blood particles that pathologist Dr. Anja Licht finally discovers in the Morbachs' living room leave no doubt about Riedl's observations. Their investigations first lead Hubert and Staller to the local high school where Cordula Morbach taught. But neither colleague and guidance counselor Michael Ständler nor the students in the high school class can explain the teacher's sudden disappearance. Hubert and Staller are perplexed and plunge into speculation: What if the teacher simply gave up on her old life, Hubert wonders. He's not entirely wrong. By chance, the police sergeants make a surprising discovery: Apparently, Cordula was having a secret love affair with her student, Timo Gelting. Suddenly, the police have a handful of motives and possible perpetrators. Did the student possibly kill his teacher because she wanted to end the relationship? Or did her husband know about the affair and stab his wife out of jealousy?
