A journalist searches for and finds a body: It is a case about a body that no one should or wanted to find. Despite clear evidence of a dead man whose body is lying in a forest area, the Cologne police are not investigating at first. Until a persistent reporter gets involved. Düsseldorf journalist Günther Classen († 2023) gets a call at the beginning of 2016. A man tells him about a homicide. He also tells him where the body is. Classen then goes to the police, but the officers do not believe him. Günther Classen keeps on at it anyway. He finally convinces the police to search for the body with him in the forest. But at first this is unsuccessful. The police have long since given up, Günther Classen continues to search - with success. The victim is family father Dennis S. from Cologne. The police start an investigation and quickly find Christoph S. The perpetrator and victim knew each other from a time in prison together. They remained in contact even after their release. Then an argument escalates. Christoph S. kills Dennis S. with a knife and hides the body in the forest. Host Hamzi speaks with Express journalist Michael Kerst. He worked with Günther Classen at the time and followed his work on the case. Police scientist Prof. Antonio Vera explains how police deal with tips. The question also arises as to whether the police made a mistake in this case. Table of contents: 0:00 Intro 0:49 The body in Lindlar 1:40 The journalist Günther Classen 3:05 An important phone call 5:04 The police investigation 5:56 The discovery of the body 7:43 Cooperation between the press and the police 10:14 The perpetrator 11:15 Dealing with tips about crimes 13:11 Background to the crime 15:15 The informant 17:00 Mistakes by the investigating authorities? 19:00 Investigations as a private individual 20:53 The trial 22:35 Conclusion ------- If you want to read the interview with police scientist Antonio Vera, click here: https://www1.wdr.de/lokalzeit/verbrec... And if you are interested in other criminal cases from NRW, follow our channel ➡️ / @wdrlokalzeitmordorte _____ We are #MordOrte, the true crime format of WDR Lokalzeit. Every Monday at 5 p.m. there is a new video here on this channel about the stories behind the most spectacular criminal cases from NRW. We are on site and talk to the people whose lives were changed forever by the crimes. You don't want to miss a video? Then give us a subscribe! Do you have topic suggestions for us? Then send us an email to: [email protected] Author: Hamzi Ismail Host: Hamzi Ismail Camera: Julian Barth/Mehmet Topal Sound: Lars Kliewer/Sasa Mitrovic Editing: Kerstin Richter-Ern Editors: Mareike Maack, Christina Lütticke, Vanja Petrovic Back office: Nico Weinberger, Lisa van den Brandt ????Music: Nikdaijai. https://nikdaijai.com _____ Hello, my name is Hamzi and I'm addicted - that's probably what the introduction would be in a group for anonymous crime addicts ;). Every morning I listen to a true crime podcast to wake up and in the evening I watch a crime documentary to go to sleep. So professionally I've landed exactly where I belong - now I tell true crime stories myself. I deal with the depths of people and try to "get to know" murderers, I visit real murder sites and speak to victims and those involved. Come with me on a murderous journey of discovery - as host and one of the faces of this channel, I'm happy to take you by the hand. Your Hamzi Our host on Instagram: ➡️ Hamzi @hamziismail_official: / hamziismail. . _____ Imprint: http://wdr.de/k/Impressum Data protection declaration: http://www.wdr.de/k/datenschutz Produced with ❤ and your broadcasting fee. #WDRLokalzeit