Missing person case in Upper Bavaria - Teacher disappeared - search on "Aktenzeichen XY"
With the help of the investigative show "Aktenzeichen XY... Unresolved", investigators are looking for a teacher who has been missing in Upper Bavaria for years. Helmut Strigl, a pensioned teacher, was reported missing by a cousin in November 2021. However, someone had seen him even longer ago: The last time he was seen alive was on June 25, 2018, at his residence in Rennertshofen near Neuburg an der Donau.
He lived in a former farmhouse that belonged to his parents and kept few social contacts. After he was reported missing, the police searched his completely abandoned property but found no clues as to his whereabouts.
"No traces left behind"
"He left no traces behind," said Silke Poller, investigating criminal chief commissioner of the Ingolstadt Police in the ZDF-show by Rudi Cerne. She believes that Strigl became a victim of a crime. A few months before his disappearance, the teacher had retired - and his pension payments continued to be transferred into his account, but "to other accounts," as Poller stated. For this, his signature on transfer orders was forged.
Strigl's driver sentenced
A man who worked for Strigl was already sentenced for forgery and is currently serving a prison term, according to Poller's statements in the show. He had worked as a driver for the teacher for years after the latter had to give up his driver's license because he was caught driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level of 1.6 promille at the wheel of his car. The man had, according to the show, also ransacked a room in Strigl's house with an acquaintance.
The police are focusing their investigations on Strigl's blue BMW car. The officers want to know who saw the car between June 2018 and June 2019 and where. There are "relatively many leads at the Ingolstadt station," said an LKA officer at the end of the show. She could not "evaluate them yet." But: "The phones are heating up."
- The missing person case of Helmut Strigl, a retired teacher from Upper Bavaria, is being highlighted on the investigative show "Aktenzeichen XY... Unresolved," broadcasted on German television.
- The Ingolstadt Police, led by investigating criminal chief commissioner Silke Poller, are seeking help from the media to find any information about Strigl, who was last seen in Neuburg on the Danube in Bavaria.
- Strigl's pension payments were being transferred into other accounts after his disappearance in 2018, suggesting possible criminal involvement, as mentioned by Poller on the show.
- The police are currently focusing their investigation on Strigl's blue BMW car, hoping to find any leads related to his whereabouts between 2018 and 2019.
- Despite having numerous leads, the police are still evaluating the information, as stated by an officer from the LKA station at the end of the show, expressing optimism by mentioning that "the phones are heating up."
- The case of Helmut Strigl, the retired teacher who went missing in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, is gaining attention and traction in the German media, with the hope of finding answers and bringing justice to his family and loved ones.
