Der Staatsanwalt - Season 15

A tax consultant is found dead by his girlfriend. Beaten to death with a wine bottle. Her relationship leads senior public prosecutor Reuther to the notorious red light boss Seiler. A suspicious client of the victim, Simone Mehlbeck, runs a wine shop. But something is wrong: wines delivered to the victim are part of an investment worth millions. Wine as an investment? Reuther knows where so much money is involved, there are motives for crimes. Then Commissioner Schubert is gunned down in action, and the case takes on new explosiveness. Reuther and Kerstin Klar have to investigate further on their own and find out: The victim, Klaus Leopold, bought wine from Simone Mehlbeck for shady characters. But the husband, David Mehlbeck, had forged it. Now her life is in danger too.

The sheet of a hospital bed is soaked in blood. Including an IT consultant from the clinic. Senior Public Prosecutor Reuther recognizes that the IT in the hospital collapsed on the evening of the crime. Coincidence? Reuther finds out that the victim saved the modern clinic from total failure shortly before his death. Nevertheless, a little girl is in mortal danger. The chief prosecutor refuses to believe in coincidences and sets his sights on a programmer. Kerstin Klar and her new colleague Max Fischer follow the trail into the victim's IT company. Did the strange Carsten Beckmann carry out a targeted attack? Chief public prosecutor Reuther is clear: he is the key to solving the case, but Carsten doesn't seem to want to speak.

A girl is found dead in the park. laid out. Almost loving. The victim had with him a summons to witness proceedings by her adoptive parents against the youth welfare office in Wiesbaden. The director is said to have concealed the birth mother's alcoholism during the adoption. Did he murder the girl to protect his lies? But when Reuther discovers a barren dungeon in the adoptive parents' basement, the case takes a sharp turn. The teacher couple Marta and Jens Heswald find themselves at a loss for explanations. The dead girl suffered from FASD syndrome, had uncontrollable outbursts of anger and a difficult personality. Then the investigators open up Agnes' biological mother. The drinker is suspected of having killed her daughter in a fit of anger. Shortly before her death, however, Lucy cheated on her boyfriend Timmy Offner. Did he kill her out of jealousy?

Tennis player Jana is found dead in her club's shower. Exactly where her father Volker years ago interrupted her rape by brutally killing the attacker. Volker, who was released early from prison, is suspected because he had argued with his daughter Jana that same evening. When Reuther realizes that Jana had a secret relationship with her rapist, the case takes a whole new turn. Is it a late revenge of the rapist widow Monika Majewski? The competition between the players in the club is also escalating. Does the victim's stepsister, Leonie Dohmke, have her rival on her conscience? But a trail leads to Leonie's mother, Rosalie Dohmke. She had managed the early release of her partner, which is now shaken by Jana's secret.

A deer grazes in the crosshairs. Then a shot, the animal runs away. The huntress Thea Zinner collapsed dead in the high seat. Apparently the rifle had been tampered with. At the crime scene, Reuther discovers a strange observer who escapes the commissioners. A major manhunt is initiated. Neither Thea's daughter Susanne nor her partner Britta have a good answer to the investigators' questions. Only Klaas Wachowiak, the fiancé of heiress Susanne, has a motive. Because Reuther finds out that Thea Zinner wanted to disinherit her daughter as long as she was planning to marry the architect Klaas Wachowiak. The murder came at the right time and there is more at stake for Klaas Wachowiak than just losing Susanne. He owes millions. But then the investigators can identify the stranger from the crime scene. Has the Slayer drawn the wrath of militant animal rights activist Eric? Or is the secret separation from Britta the motive for the brutal act?

A dark forest. A man runs for his life. He finds a road. The car he wants to stop to save him runs over him. Prosecutor Reuther and police officers Klar and Fischer are investigating a settlement where all the houses seem to look the same. They find out that the dead man was having an affair with the neighbor's wife, whom he hated. But soon there is no trace of the woman. A woman's body is found buried at the edge of a forest. And the settlement is in a frenzy. Did the betrayed husband really murder his wife and rival? 

Bridegroom Daniel is waiting impatiently at the altar. But his future wife will not come: A broken mirror is stuck deep in her heart. Reuther recognizes a mysterious message on the shards. The wedding guests belong exclusively to the groom's family - except for the bride's mother Margit. The past life of the bride also appears opaque. But that's exactly where the investigators find a motive for the murder. Has her past caught up with the bride and cost her her life? Or did the groom's jealous ex-girlfriend, Anne, want to prevent the wedding? Margit and Burkhard Heller believe her capable of doing this. But then the groom reveals a terrible secret to them: his future wife Sandra was pregnant at the time of her murder. Everyone is horrified. dr However, Engel assures Reuther that that the victim was not pregnant. But then why such a lie?