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Investigations, arrest, conviction: Journalist Sven Voss reconstructs sensational criminal cases and speaks with experts, police officers and prosecutors at crime-relevant locations.
2022
Eight-year-old Johanna does not return home from playing on September 2, 1999. The case will keep the police busy for 18 years.
From one day to the next, an elderly couple disappears without a trace.
10-year-old Mirco doesn't come home from playing at night. Sven Voss solved one of the most famous child murder cases in Germany in this episode of “XY”.
A 57-year-old department head was kidnapped in the early morning of January 17, 2003, right in front of her workplace. There is no trace of her.
2023
In December 1996, the naked and disfigured body of a man was found in a disused gravel pit in Kleve. A complicated case that has kept the police busy for 25 years.
A 35-year-old Yazidi woman from Iraq leads a hard life in Germany full of violence, rejection, and contempt. She flees and begins a self-determined life—the price is high.
A 40-year-old woman disappears without warning on Valentine's Day 2008. Her two children are left sad and perplexed. They search for answers to the question "What happened?"
A 48-year-old man is shot in the back in his home. Police find traces of blood at the crime scene – but did they come from the perpetrator?
2026
Carnival 1988 in Cologne: 24-year-old mother Petra Nohl is celebrating with friends in the Old Town. On her way home, she is brutally attacked and strangled. The perpetrator escapes unidentified.
Cologne, 2007: A 24-year-old woman runs a bistro together with her brother. Late at night, she is still finishing up the accounts. The next morning, her brother discovers her dead in the walk-in freezer.
Near Worms, a mother is found dead in her bathroom. There are no signs of forced entry. Shortly after the crime, the victim's children encounter a stranger outside the front door.
A toolmaker is found stabbed to death in his apartment. His car, personal belongings, and cash are missing. Initial leads point to the milieu surrounding the Cologne train station.
Fear Thy Neighbor
2014
2025
A 23-year-old woman disappears without a trace. Days later, her father finds her body in a wooded area—naked and covered with branches. Despite intensive investigations, the police find little evidence.
On June 27, 2995, four masked and heavily armed men stormed a bank branch in the Berlin district of Zehlendorf. They took 16 customers and employees hostage.
A 54-year-old accountant is literally executed at her workplace. Everything looks like a contract killing.
The power suddenly goes out in an apartment building. A resident rings the doorbell of the apartment above hers – no one answers. Jochen Strecker, Berlin's "Disco King," has been murdered.
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2026
A 21-year-old woman lives in a small town. As she often does, she goes for an evening walk. Shortly afterward, she is dead: brutally murdered. A sexual motive is likely.
A passerby discovers a partially buried suitcase containing a body. The victim's identity is initially unclear. The police contact the television program "Aktenzeichen XY... Ungelöst" (Case File XY... Unsolved).
A seven-year-old girl disappears on her way to school. Twelve days later, her body is found in a pond. The child was sexually abused before her death.
An unknown man is hunting women. For years, he has sought out his victims on the street, stalking and attacking them. Police have attributed nearly 60 cases to him.
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2024
A boy disappears. A nightmare for his parents. While the police search for the child, a second boy goes missing. The police are under pressure. Is a serial killer at work?
Early in the morning, a woman's body is discovered in the street. She is naked and without any personal belongings. Who is the woman who was so brutally murdered?
An 8-year-old girl has forgotten her keys and is waiting for her parents. When a driver approaches her, the child gets in. Months later, a young boy is lured into the same car.
An 89-year-old woman lives alone. She doesn't own any significant assets. Yet one day she becomes the target of brutal assailants who break into her home and fatally injure her.
