Martin Antonenko
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The First Kidnapping In Germany
On April 15, 1958, the history books record the first kidnapping in Germany - a crime previously only known from the USA.
The 40-year-old temporary gardener Emil Tillmann…
...kidnapped - under the pretext of wanting to show him "a little deer in the forest" - the seven-year-old Joachim Göhner from Stuttgart-Degerloch...
...from the garden of his parents' house...:
Immediately after the crime, Tilmann strangles the child and hides the body.
Nevertheless, he demands a ransom of 15,000 DM from the father of the child.
Since Germany has no experience with such a crime, the police resort to US investigative methods...:
During the blackmail call, officials record the perpetrator's voice and publish the recording on the radio.
There are several references to Tillmann, who is then also arrested...:
After the boy's body is found...
... Tillmann makes a confession ("Ich wars"/"I did it")…:
However, there will be no trial because Emil Tillmann will hang himself while he is still in custody.
On April 15, 1958, the history books record the first kidnapping in Germany - a crime previously only known from the USA.
The 40-year-old temporary gardener Emil Tillmann…
...kidnapped - under the pretext of wanting to show him "a little deer in the forest" - the seven-year-old Joachim Göhner from Stuttgart-Degerloch...
...from the garden of his parents' house...:
Immediately after the crime, Tilmann strangles the child and hides the body.
Nevertheless, he demands a ransom of 15,000 DM from the father of the child.
Since Germany has no experience with such a crime, the police resort to US investigative methods...:
During the blackmail call, officials record the perpetrator's voice and publish the recording on the radio.
There are several references to Tillmann, who is then also arrested...:
After the boy's body is found...
... Tillmann makes a confession ("Ich wars"/"I did it")…:
However, there will be no trial because Emil Tillmann will hang himself while he is still in custody.
