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Aktenzeichen XY Episode Spurs Wave of Tips Across Germany

The ZDF appeal paired reconstructions with studio pleas to revive stalled probes.

Overview

  • Viewers provided numerous leads on the Bocholt attempted rape, and police are pursuing fresh suspect information after callers responded in large numbers.
  • Oldenburg’s luxury watch heist drew sustained call volume with clues tied to a perpetrator in a mustard‑yellow jacket, and the shop owner announced a substantial private reward after 25 high‑value watches were stolen in under two minutes.
  • Investigators in Magdeburg received reports of similar thefts involving tire tacks and a punctured tire, plus a tip about the stolen cash, and they are now checking for links to the €180,000 case.
  • For the Vechta/Cloppenburg supermarket robbery series, a caller named a person connected to one of the stores who reportedly disappeared shortly before an attack, and detectives are following up.
  • Police reported no arrests after the August 20 broadcast, which also highlighted the Essen case featuring a suspect with a voice prosthesis and a violent Koblenz bank raid, as cross‑state teams began overnight follow‑ups.