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murder of the manager HELLWIG

(Karl-Heinz Gross)

€ 50,000 reward

Even ten years after Indeed, the case is to puzzle investigators. On the evening of 6 March 1998 was a truck driver the manager of the "Kastelruther Spatzen," Karl-Heinrich Gross, injured on a road in an industrial district of Magdeburg. The popular folk music group had given the night before a concert in the city, Gross was then left alone in the city to repair wait a tour bus. Despite emergency surgery in the city's university hospital, the 39-year-old died shortly after. To date, the circumstances of his death are unclear. The only cause of death was an accident, the authorities believe are still not. The Act still stands, "murder," said the investigating prosecutor Frank Baumgarten. lack of information, it is not over the years. Nearly 500 people were questioned in the investigation, reported Baumgarten. The documents on the case now filled two boxes: "But it is missing the crucial information that would otherwise lead to the elucidation of such a crime."
the late afternoon of 6 March 1998 had left a large garage in the district, according to testimony Rothensee an unknown destination on foot, said Baumgarten. Nearly a half hours later, the family man on the access road about two miles away found a plant site with very severe injuries to the head and upper body.

subjected lack direct eyewitness forensic scientists and experts in several reports to draw conclusions about the nature of the injuries and the traces found. A robbery and murder was declared unlikely because the victim was still around 7,000 marks in cash with him. The most likely theory is valid to this day that Gross was first hit by a jeep or truck. To cover up the accident was the victim then probably with a blunt object to hit the head and transported to the warehouse was said Baumgarten. A brutal action, for the "considerable criminal energy" was necessary. "Such scenarios are observed extremely rarely."

An investigation team of more than 20 detectives - the Soko "Sparrow" - was applied to the case. "It was determined in all directions," asserts Baumgarten. The workshop staff are well come to the attention of investigators as two young carrier employees, which had first been at the scene. The suspicions were confirmed here, but as little as in investigations in the personal environment of the killing. Even a fan of Magdeburg, "Sparrow" had come under suspicion because he end of 1997 the official status has been withdrawn, said the prosecutor. Again, the investigation but had not disclosed any.

rests For several years the procedure. According to police, there are currently "no specific investigations." When new information received, the investigation but could be resumed at any time. Even the enactment of the case in several television programs launched in recent years, no new tracks. Nevertheless, the investigators still a glimmer of hope. The perpetrator or perpetrators would have had on local knowledge, Baumgarten is certain: "If I look at the discovery site, then the offender may not be far." Although he thought of the opportunities to clarify the situation, "skeptical", but perhaps were yet to sign a witness or the offender conscience plage.

The "Kastelruther Spatzen" are meanwhile back on tour through Germany. For an opinion, the seven musicians can not be achieved, according to a spokeswoman. The brother of the slain, keyboardist Albin Gross, had said after the fact in an interview that the musicians harbored no hatred for East Germany. wanted "some time" they go on tour again. Mid-May is scheduled to play in Aschersleben. Magdeburg is not on the program.