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ZDF’s Aktenzeichen XY Airs Altenstadt Home-Invasion Appeal, Police Seek Tips

Police now seek viewer leads, with no suspects found despite intensive searches.

Overview

  • The episode reconstructs the June 8–9, 2025 break-in at a house in Altenstadt-Illereichen, where four masked intruders tied up a family and assaulted an adult.
  • Reports say the assailants used firearms to control the victims, searched the home for about two hours, and took cash, jewelry and other valuables packed into the family’s suitcases.
  • The residents freed themselves and called police; two people suffered minor injuries and investigators at Kripo Neu-Ulm report no arrests to date.
  • The broadcast begins on ZDF at 20:15, with the episode available in the ZDF-Mediathek from 21:45 and accessible until December 25, 2025.
  • The program also appeals for information on a 2024 robbery of a 91-year-old in Kaierde, reported to have a new lead, and the 1986 murder of five-year-old Zeynep.