She had neither used her bank card to get money, nor booked a flight abroad, nor rented a car. None of the people whose addresses and telephone numbers were found in her apartment had seen her or knew where she might be—if one assumed they all told the truth and weren’t covering for her. The phone records had been requested and would probably arrive soon. Then they could establish whom else she had called Thursday night besides Barbara Schönbek. After this short summary, Hanno looked at his colleagues assembled around the large table in the conference room. Reiner Hartmann from forensics and the district attorney, Brita Michaelis, had joined the regular team, so his office was too small for the meeting. Photos of the crime scene and the dead man hung on the wall behind Hanno. Next to them were photos that had been taken of Franziska Leyhausen the day before yesterday. Forensics had confirmed with almost absolute certainty that both Franziska Leyhausen and Niels Hinrichsen had been at the crime scene.
