The investigation into the disappearance of Barbara Neder by the police authority in charge is less than exemplary. Her brother, high-ranking Hamburg police officer Thomas Bethge, decides to take on the case himself—unaware that the search for Barbara will take more than 30 years and reveal a series of horrific murders. In summer 1989, Barbara disappears from her home without a trace.

Shortly before, two couples were cruelly murdered in nearby woodlands. Suspicion falls on artist Hans Lingner, living on the forest's edge and a gun enthusiast. Yet links between the “Killer Forest” murders and Barbara’s case evade investigators, who suspect her divorcing husband Robert instead. Daughter Theresa, scarred by her mother’s vanishing and father’s suspicion, believes he is the killer. Thomas Bethge, Head of Hamburg’s State Office of Criminal Investigation, faces his toughest challenge: barred from probing in Lower Saxony, he enlists colleagues Anne Bach and Frank Behringer. His quest persists post-retirement through meticulous research, tracking a suspected serial killer.

Inspired by late-1980s real events, this sinister mini-series chronicles family tragedy and a brother’s 30-year hunt for his sister. From award-winning writer Stefan Kolditz (“Generation War”, “Naked among Wolves”) starring Matthias Brandt (“Babylon Berlin”), Karoline Schuch (“Luther and I”), August Wittgenstein (“Das Boot”, “Deadwind”), Nicholas Ofczarek (“Pagan Peak”, “The Team”), and Hanno Koffler (“Never look away”, “Pagan Peak”). Available as 3x90 min. or 6x45 min.