Overview

• Reiner-Josef Pommerening, 30, was found brutally murdered in an open soak pit in Bochum on September 1, 1983, with evidence of torture and strangulation.
• The case will be featured on ZDF’s 'Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst' this Wednesday at 20:15, hosted by Rudi Cerne and a Bochum investigator.
• Authorities are searching for an unidentified man seen with the victim in Cologne days before his death, described as having a blue heart with crossed swords tattoo on his left forearm.
• A €5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the identification or capture of the perpetrator(s).
• Pommerening was reportedly involved in sex work in Cologne prior to his death, and investigators believe he may have been alive when thrown into the pit.