SOKO Wismar

- Season 13

(2016)

In Wismar harbor drifts the drowned corpse of 'whale-sized' Frenchman Claude Gremillon, according to his papers, but Lars Pöhlmann's Interpol contact reports he died in 2011 in an accident. Police chief Reuter noticed him in own hall for a celebration of tycoon Friedemann Romberg. The victim is re-identified as a recently released former kidnapper of Romberg years, most of the ransom was never recuperated. The team looks into how the drowning and old crime tie together, Romberg being suspected of the accidental death of another kidnapper, but also people from the ...

Georgian au-pair Marika Kotashvili's drowned corpse floats under the maritime bridge she loved strolling by. Her host parents, Dr. Patrick and Barbara Henn, say she was supposed to spend the day in Rostock, where she hoped to study later, but never arrived. Swedish friend and colleague Liv stresses Marika had some conflict with Barbara Henn, who asked the agency for a male au-pair 'as role model for the bay', or rather not to seduce her husband, who actually had an affair and love nest. Liv however had her own fall-out with Marika, who seemed obsessed by attractive ...

Claudia Gawinski reports missing her adult son, Daniel Gawinski, since he returned home from Australia and had an appointment to buy a dream car in Wismar from Kilian Klein, who claims never to have met Daniel. Klein's wife Susanne believes she saw him fight an unidentified adult man, nowhere to be found. The team is startled to find unusual links. Kilian Klein was cleared in court years ago for another murder in Hamburg, which DNA now proves he committed, but a second trial would be illegal. After Daniel's father Norbert Siegmann turns up, hidden identities prove ...

Handsome young Markus Pollmer's corpse is found dumped on a steep beach, without suspicious bruises, actually poisoned with a medical overdose. He was the prime suspect for several fraud cases, each time pretending to need lots of cash to bail a grandchild abroad. A search in his apartment and laptop yields a list of senior ladies, plausibly prospective victims. Auguste Heyer, Sybille Furstenberg nor Ilse Joloff admits having been cheated by Pollmer, but the team starts doubting that and even contemplates a vindictive plot. Kai Timmermann endures painful efforts to ...

The adult male corpse under a bridge, possibly a suicide but under-dressed for the cold harbor, is bone marrow donor Daniel Kamp. He emigrated to South Africa years ago and returned recently is only known match to save the life of his brother, Alexander Kamp, who points grimly at his brother in law and business partner, Nick Albrecht, who desperately wants to sell the innovative firm for a quick profit. The team digs on and concludes a no less tragic alternative after forensic details dismiss the suicide thesis.