Tatort S2006E03 - Lindholm - 08 - Schwarzes Herz

In the district of Stade, farmer Schatz found the empty VW bus on a forest path, covered in blood all over. Schatz' wife, Simone, has disappeared. Schatz is arrested on strong suspicion that he shot his wife last night. Charlotte Lindholmis struck. She is still under the impression of the death of her friend Tobias. Pills help her numb her insides and keep herself in control on the outside. Although Schatz maintains his innocence and claims to have slept through the night drunk, the case looks like a run-of-the-mill spousal murder. A hunting rifle has disappeared from his gun cabinet and he himself has been telling everyone that his wife has threatened to divorce him.
However, when the corpse of Simone Schatz is pulled out of a pond and a lump-like substance is discovered in her mouth, which the perpetrator must have put in it, Charlotte begins to suspect that something has been overlooked in the previous investigations. That same night, Eva Rohde, who Charlotte had just heard as a witness, is murdered in the same way. A serial murder? Are more victims to be feared? Eva's brother-in-law, whom Charlotte got to know as a harmless oddball and has ruled out as a perpetrator, comes under suspicion again. Accused of working in the wrong direction, Charlotte is removed from the lead of the investigation. But when a third man, the veterinarian Dr. Kehl, when the alleged perpetrator makes them suspicious, they put her on leave.
She is accused of not having recognized the perpetrator, even though she was already face to face with him. In addition, their tablet consumption is revealed. When the suspect Kehl is found dead in the forest, where he apparently committed suicide, the case seems finally settled. But coincidence and perseverance bring Charlotte unexpectedly back into play. Charlotte Lindholm has to recognize the destructive energies that lie in unfulfilled dreams of love and life. Only at the last minute does she succeed in solving an almost "perfect crime".