Overview
- Presenter Jochen Breyer leads a months-long investigation now streaming, with a broadcast scheduled for Tuesday at 20:15 on ZDF.
- The Claudia case shows violations of a contact ban punished with fines as her estranged husband legally kept a firearm through a shooting club membership.
- District official Christoph Mager says a file review found no staff error, noting firearm permits are typically revoked only after a severe prior offense.
- Relatives and friends describe recurring patterns of isolation, threats, stalking and coercive control preceding the killings.
- In the Jessica case, a court found planned intent after her ex-partner stabbed her six days after the breakup, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in June.