Overview

• Detective Chief Inspector Heiko Schulz will present the case on ZDF’s Aktenzeichen XY on September 17 to solicit new public leads.
• Prosecutors classify the 2018 blaze as murder after investigators found the door to the first-floor flat had been forced open with a crowbar.
• Firefighters rescued several residents from the fast-spreading fire that collapsed the stairwell, while a couple aged 68 and 66 died in the stairwell after staying overnight in the attic with their daughter.
• Investigators ask for reports of a person carrying a conspicuous crowbar near An St. Magdalenen on October 24, 2018, as well as information on unknown contacts of the first-floor resident or strangers seen during the firefighting.
• A €5,000 reward is offered for tips leading to an arrest, with information requested via Kriminalkommissariat 15 at 0221 229-0 or [email protected].