Mysterious oil barrel murder: innkeeper shot brutally after winning the lottery!

Mysterious oil barrel murder: innkeeper shot brutally after winning the lottery!

Barmbek, Hamburg, Deutschland - On November 9, 1984, on a cloudy Friday in the Barmbek district of Hamburg, the incredible happened: a heavy oil barrel is discovered in the Osterbek Canal, and what is hidden in it shocked the investigators. The content? The body of the 44-year-old innkeeper Karl-Hinrich L., who had just won one million DM in the lottery. Despite intensive searches, the murderers are still at large. Ex-criminal chief commissioner Dieter Rohwedder remembers: "It was not a standard disposal measure, but exceptional."

The circumstances around the murder are dark: Karl-Hinrich L. was killed in the head and back with several shots. The perpetrators obviously tried to sink the body in a barrel filled with concrete in the water. But the connections to the criminal milieu cannot be denied. L., who was now making plans for a new night club with a considerable profit from the lottery, could have come into contact with dangerous partners - including men from the brothel scene. These connections could have been his death sentence. Rohwedder asks the question: "Did he get red light sizes from the Reeperbahn in his way?"

The mysterious backgrounds

The investigators face a mystery: Who killed L. and why? Although there are numerous traces and hints, the case remains unsolved. A suitcase with sensitive documents from L. has disappeared and the witnesses remain silent. A reward of DM 10,000 is suspended to obtain information, but the investigation stagnates. Rohwedder expressed his skepticism about the clarification of the case in 2014: "The likelihood that this unusual criminal case will ever be informed is low. But nothing is excluded."

The oil barrel murder is one of the most spectacular and mysterious cases in Hamburg's criminal history. The brutal circumstances and the unexplained murder throw a shadow on the city and its dark secrets. The case remains an unforgettable, unresolved puzzle that stimulates the imagination and still employs the investigators.