A Case for Two - Season 15 (1995)

White land.

Businessman hires Dr. Franck and Matula after some mysterious money disappearances from his business' accounts. He mainly suspects his accountant Volker Ritter and, although Matula couldn't find any relations so far, he insists that he continues following this lead. Matula manages to become friend with Ritter, but one night this tells him a quite different story about the business.

Teenager Daniel Winter turns himself to the police stating to have killed a girl. His mother doesn't believe it and asks Dr. Franck to defend him, but he insists on his version that he simply wanted to kill someone to experiment the feeling. While Matula investigates on the victim's boyfriend, Rainer tries to bring the boy back to his sense, suspecting that he invented this story only to get noticed by his absent father.

Businessman Jürgen Hilgers is arrested after having found his wife killed at home, because several signs point to him. Pleading not guilty, he asks Dr. Franck for defense and suggests him that the murderer could be his ex lover Karen Lehnert, who often threatened him after their break-up. But Matula discovers that she isn't Hilgers' only enemy.

Playboy Ringo Ritschel threats to burn down a pub after a fight with the owner and some waiters, due to a debt of 20.000 Mark a waitress owes him. Some days later there is indeed a fire in the pub, which causes the death of a singer who was exhibiting there, and Ringo is seen nearby: he then runs to Dr. Franck to ask for protection, but the police arrests him after having found his medallion in the pub. To exonerate him, Matula intends to prove that it wasn't only an arson, but a premeditated murder.

Mr. Weißenburger is found killed in a dumpster in front of a motel. Since the police discovers that his son Theo was in that motel with a prostitute, he is arrested. Theo pleads not guilty and asks Dr. Franck for defense: Matula has got to track down the prostitute, who is the only one who could give him an alibi, but her real name is not known.

Tamara Lippens, a young woman with a serious shopping addiction, is found killed in a park near her home. Her husband Jan, with whom she had often violent arguments, is arrested: although all the clues being against him, he maintains his innocence and asks Dr. Franck for defense. Matula discovers that the woman was trying to make money smuggling fake art works.