Village secret: Student reveals disappeared father and murder!

Village secret: Student reveals disappeared father and murder!

In a small village in the Upper Palatinate, the drama around the student Anja begins. This was an internship at the Neustadt forestry office in the late 1990s. But her stay has a very personal background: her father disappeared as a child under mysterious circumstances in the forests, and Anja wants to reveal the secrets for his disappearance. However, the villagers are increasingly hostile to their questions. And when a murder also happens, Anja realizes that she is involved in a terrible secret that brings her in mortal danger. ARD Mediathek reports of this exciting act, which is shaped by a talented cast around Henriette Confurius in the role of Anja Grimm.

But while Anja is looking for answers in the forests, something is just as mysterious in Bavaria. On September 15, 2022, an classic car, an Audi A100 Coupé S, was discovered in a reservoir in Tännesberg. The car, which dates from the 1980s and wore a TÜV badge from this time, raises many questions. Because the police exclude an "unusual scrap disposal" and assume that the Audi was still approved when it was sunk in the lake. This is said to have happened in the period of the disappearance of a student, which could continue to cheer on the investigation. [Infranken] (https://www.infranken.de/bayern/taennesberg-raetselhaft-aus-stauehe-Hat-Dunkle-History-Cold-Cases-Aus-Bayern-Koenn-Dahinter-ART-ART-5544643 East-west espionage case ranging to a killed night club operator.

The darkness of the past

The disappearance of the student Monika Frischholz, who has been missing since 1976, which was last seen on May 25, 1976, is also examined. It is said to have climbed into a yellow Opel Kadett Coupé, and the fact that this could be linked to the Audi found does not let the investigators rest. In the meantime, the investigators have viewed data from the registration register that may have been deleted and ask the population for help. If you know something, you can pass on important information on 09651/9201-0 of the Vohenstrauß police inspection.

In the context of these cases, it can be seen how important the role of institutions such as the BKA is missing. This not only processes missing people, but also helps with the identification of unknown corpses and helpless people. A look at the figures illustrates the explosiveness of missing persons in Germany: On January 1, 2025, around 9,420 missing cases were registered. While 50 % of the cases are clarified within a week, a small percentage remains missing for a year. Statistics are particularly alarming about underage refugees, of whom around 4,300 were missing in 2024. [BKA] (https://www.bka.de/de/unserehufe/ermittlungsunstugetung/verzarbung-vermisstaellen/ editing-stimisstenfaelle.html) emphasizes that the police can only help if the corresponding criteria are met, and often refer to other institutions.

The connections between the mysterious cases in the Upper Palatinate and the classic car from Tännesberg have not yet been fully clarified. But they show that there is often a dark story behind every disappeared person.