Post by albion on Jul 27, 2017 3:24:57 GMT
In the Frankfurt office city of Niederrad, around 350 companies with around 20,000 employees were established in 1986. During the day, business activity is similar, especially in the evening hours of a ghost town. A fact which in December 1986 - over 27 years ago - led to a series of surprises on women who culminated in a vile crimes: the sexual murder of Christiane Flörke. The case led to a great uncertainty among the population and is still unresolved. He has almost disappeared from the media coverage. Therefore, it should be remembered at this point.
It all starts on December 3, 1986. The employee Monika Schuster (as she is called in the XY film case) leaves her workplace in the office city at 6 pm to go to the celebration evening. Since she had to wait too long for the tram, which connects the skyscrapers at Lyoner Strasse with the station Frankfurt-Niederrad, she decided to walk. But just behind the tram stop, she is suddenly attacked by a man who had been lurking in the bushes.
Luckily, two passers-by are in the immediate vicinity at this time and come to the rescue before worse happens. About 20 minutes after Monika Schuster also the programmer Ulla Reichenberger leaves her workplace. She works at the same company and also takes the footpath towards S-Bahnhof. She is also attacked by a man who had previously sneaked into the bushes. In the later interrogation, however, the two women describe the man very differently. Whether it was actually two different offenders acted, is still unclear to this day.
Who knows this man? On the evening of 5.12.1986 he stayed in Frankfurt-Niederrad. Source: ZDF
Who knows this man? On the evening of 5.12.1986 he stayed in Frankfurt-Niederrad. Source: ZDF
One day later, on Thursday, December 4, 1986, 26-year-old graduate translator Christiane Flörke, who works for an international engineering and planning office as a project assistant, works somewhat longer than usual. At about 6.30 pm, she finally leaves the factory to head for the tramway. From there, like Monika Schuster and Yvonne Reichenberger, she would like to go to the S-Bahn stop Frankfurt-Niederrad, from where she can take the train to Sachsenhausen, where she shares a flat with a friend. Usually, she is taken to the Niederrad station by a colleague by car, but this day has already driven home. It is thought, however, that Christiane Flörke then decided to walk the 600m from Lyoner Straße to the S-Bahn stop on foot.
On Friday, December 5, 1986, a man from his office window discovers a naked woman. Christiane Flörke was raped right next to the pedestrian walkway and strangled with her own scarf. Unfortunately neither the investigations at the scene of the crime nor the questioning of the two women who had been attacked two days earlier brought decisive indications. In the coming days, the Murder Commission will not only distribute flyers around the crime scene, but will also be allowed to run in buses and streets, asking for information. Thereupon a man reports to the Frankfurt criminal investigation department, which states that a man had jumped out of a bush in front of him in the district of Niederrad. The two men had briefly stood opposite, then the suspect had run away in the direction of the S-Bahn stop. There the witness had then lost sight of the alleged offender. Through his good observation, a phantom image could nevertheless be made. The man was 30-35 years old, about 180-185cm tall and athletic. He had short dark brown hair, and on the right cheek a conspicuous red spot. In addition, Eduard Zimmermann presented some personal items of the alleged perpetrator, who had noticed the witness, in the file XY broadcast on June 12, 1987, half a year after the murder.
The man was wearing the following clothing and accessories (Source: ZDF)
Camouflage jacket with lettering "US Army"
Dark blue suede shoes with light sole
Ear plug in the form of a hemp leaf
To this day, it is questionable whether the man portrayed on the phantom image is actually a perpetrator in one or more cases that took place in the office city these days. In the XY broadcast in June 1987, the responsible detective inquired in the studio about other witnesses, who in the corresponding days in December 1986 in the area Frankfurt-Niederrad observations made. Here, above all, he asked guests of the Arabella Hotel, which is located in the immediate vicinity of the crime scene, to report. Today is this hotel d
It all starts on December 3, 1986. The employee Monika Schuster (as she is called in the XY film case) leaves her workplace in the office city at 6 pm to go to the celebration evening. Since she had to wait too long for the tram, which connects the skyscrapers at Lyoner Strasse with the station Frankfurt-Niederrad, she decided to walk. But just behind the tram stop, she is suddenly attacked by a man who had been lurking in the bushes.
Luckily, two passers-by are in the immediate vicinity at this time and come to the rescue before worse happens. About 20 minutes after Monika Schuster also the programmer Ulla Reichenberger leaves her workplace. She works at the same company and also takes the footpath towards S-Bahnhof. She is also attacked by a man who had previously sneaked into the bushes. In the later interrogation, however, the two women describe the man very differently. Whether it was actually two different offenders acted, is still unclear to this day.
Who knows this man? On the evening of 5.12.1986 he stayed in Frankfurt-Niederrad. Source: ZDF
Who knows this man? On the evening of 5.12.1986 he stayed in Frankfurt-Niederrad. Source: ZDF
One day later, on Thursday, December 4, 1986, 26-year-old graduate translator Christiane Flörke, who works for an international engineering and planning office as a project assistant, works somewhat longer than usual. At about 6.30 pm, she finally leaves the factory to head for the tramway. From there, like Monika Schuster and Yvonne Reichenberger, she would like to go to the S-Bahn stop Frankfurt-Niederrad, from where she can take the train to Sachsenhausen, where she shares a flat with a friend. Usually, she is taken to the Niederrad station by a colleague by car, but this day has already driven home. It is thought, however, that Christiane Flörke then decided to walk the 600m from Lyoner Straße to the S-Bahn stop on foot.
On Friday, December 5, 1986, a man from his office window discovers a naked woman. Christiane Flörke was raped right next to the pedestrian walkway and strangled with her own scarf. Unfortunately neither the investigations at the scene of the crime nor the questioning of the two women who had been attacked two days earlier brought decisive indications. In the coming days, the Murder Commission will not only distribute flyers around the crime scene, but will also be allowed to run in buses and streets, asking for information. Thereupon a man reports to the Frankfurt criminal investigation department, which states that a man had jumped out of a bush in front of him in the district of Niederrad. The two men had briefly stood opposite, then the suspect had run away in the direction of the S-Bahn stop. There the witness had then lost sight of the alleged offender. Through his good observation, a phantom image could nevertheless be made. The man was 30-35 years old, about 180-185cm tall and athletic. He had short dark brown hair, and on the right cheek a conspicuous red spot. In addition, Eduard Zimmermann presented some personal items of the alleged perpetrator, who had noticed the witness, in the file XY broadcast on June 12, 1987, half a year after the murder.
The man was wearing the following clothing and accessories (Source: ZDF)
Camouflage jacket with lettering "US Army"
Dark blue suede shoes with light sole
Ear plug in the form of a hemp leaf
To this day, it is questionable whether the man portrayed on the phantom image is actually a perpetrator in one or more cases that took place in the office city these days. In the XY broadcast in June 1987, the responsible detective inquired in the studio about other witnesses, who in the corresponding days in December 1986 in the area Frankfurt-Niederrad observations made. Here, above all, he asked guests of the Arabella Hotel, which is located in the immediate vicinity of the crime scene, to report. Today is this hotel d
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