Overview

• The Essen discount‑store robbery drew the most responses, many focused on the perpetrator’s throat microphone and potential health‑sector sources.
• Investigators say the new information is generating fresh lines of inquiry that could advance the Essen case.
• In Magdeburg, viewers reported similar schemes after a couple lost €180,000, prompting cross‑state checks and a review of a tip about the missing cash while suspects remain at large.
• Police report that Magdeburg‑related tips continue to arrive and that additional victims have now filed complaints.
• In Bocholt, officers are pursuing new possible suspects and verifying pledges that raise the reward to about €12,000, as ZDF launches a weekly "XY… Update" and the next TV episode is scheduled for September 17.