Kommissar Rex (Inspector Rex) (1994) s03e08 Episode Script

INSPECTOR REX HUNT FOR A CORPSE Get up.
What's wrong? - Everything okay? - I can't feel a pulse.
Call an ambulance.
She's still breathing.
Oxygen! - No pulmonary pulse.
- But the carotid's still going.
A doctor's injected atropine.
Prepare for resuscitation! - Prepare for an ECG.
- The diagnosis was a stroke.
But she's too young.
Get an atropine ampoule ready.
One milligram, undiluted.
- It's ready.
- Thanks.
Christian Take her carotidal pulse.
There's no pulse.
- Cardiac fibrillation! - Artificial respiration.
Administer artificial respiration.
Get me the defibrillator! - Set the defibrillator to 300.
- Done.
Clear! Continuing fibrillation.
Again.
Clear! No change.
Try CPR! Still no pulse.
Administer a dose of renin.
No effect.
Resume defibrillation.
Continuing fibrillation.
All clear! We've lost her.
Check the pupils.
The pupils are dilated.
Corneal reflex unresponsive.
She's gone.
Check! I've got you.
Hubert! A new admission for T01.
Three moves and checkmate.
Who is it? A young woman.
Collapsed in Michael Square.
- Where do I put her? - In number seven.
Sandner, Karin Cardiovascular collapse.
I told you.
I hope that's it for today.
Wait, wait! Wash your hands.
And let's go.
I'm always happy to get out.
What are you doing there? Max! Max! - What's this? - It doesn't work properly.
That can't be! I started it up myself.
Must you mow in the middle of the night? We agreed I'd look after your garden.
The middle of the night? At 7 a.
m.
? - I love getting up early.
- And l, sleeping in.
Now you can get to the office early and make your colleagues feel guilty.
You go, you're already up.
There! The phone would have woken you.
Now you'll sound less sleepy.
Gee! What service! Moser here.
You, BÃck! What's up? No, I got up early.
What's up? Where? Wing 4, to the right.
Coming.
What's up? A murder victim at West Hospital.
The dog can't go.
Leave him here.
Fine.
Meet you at the office.
- Richard, here's the latest.
- Hi, BÃck.
Who is it? Hubert Dvorak, a night-worker.
A day-worker found him.
Did he notice anything else? No, he found the body and informed the police.
He's Herbert Maluschka.
He's waiting over there.
You'll get a clearer shot from here.
How awful.
BÃck, write down: signs of a struggle, bruising and strangulation marks.
Looks like strangulation.
Now, let me do my job and I can tell you more.
In a bad mood, Professor? No wonder.
I work in a hospital.
Then I get a call and find myself in a hospital again.
First you loosen the soil A bit Then you take the bulbs, put them in the soil, press down, not too firmly And then Where's the trowel? Don't drink it, Rex.
You can have water later.
We'll put another flower there.
I've given up smoking.
It's better for you.
Look, who'd have a reason to kill Hubert Mr Dvorak? Mr Maluschka, do you know about his friends? He lived alone.
And his only interest was his work here.
As far as I know.
He liked to play chess.
Who'd want to kill someone like him? Nobody.
You can talk to anyone in here.
Mr Dvorak was a very good man.
He was orderly, clean, punctual, meticulous Thank you.
Keep him here for the time being.
Hi, Richard.
This is Mr Maluschka.
He found the body.
- Moser.
- I'm shattered.
Mr Dvorak was a nice and friendly man.
Did you notice any changes here apart from signs of a struggle? The mess It's difficult to say.
Have a good look.
Take your time.
Maybe you'll notice something different.
Please wear gloves.
Nothing's missing.
It's all as usual.
And as for the mess I can't say much.
Fine.
Thank you.
We'll be in touch.
Bye.
Hello Excuse me.
Yes? - A key's missing.
- What? A key's missing.
Are you sure? Positive.
Mr Dvorak kept things impeccable.
Which one? The morgue.
Patients who die are brought here and later there's a post-mortem.
Was someone delivered or taken last night? Yes, here it is.
It was a female, Karin Sandner.
She died of heart failure.
The middle compartment.
She died of heart failure? Yes.
That's all I know.
It was like a loony-bin in here last night.
We were to do a post-mortem to find the exact cause of death.
- Who brought her here? - An ambulance.
Can you tell me who admitted her and who called the ambulance? Yes, I can.
No problem.
I also need her personal items like handbag, clothes - They're gone.
- How come? We notified her husband.
He took her things.
How did he take his wife's death? He hardly said a word.
I gave him some tranquillisers and then he was gone.
What do you want us to do? Say nothing for now.
What do you make of it? Someone's trying to conceal the cause of death.
And not knowing it will impede our work.
We must find the body quickly.
Her last word was "Christian", her husband's name.
To see him? Or tell him who'd murdered her.
Mr Dvorak's place showed nothing that could have pointed to a murder motive.
They murdered him so they could take the body.
I talked to the pub's waiter.
Dead loss.
She was alone.
Tell me, where's Rex? He's been helping Max garden.
Doesn't it show? Yes.
First he took away all my tools, then he made it very clear that he wanted to be here with you.
Listen, what happened with the case at West Hospital? Nothing.
Have you ever had a body stolen? Of course.
A few years ago, we come to a crime scene.
Blood everywhere, but no body.
We start looking for the body.
- And it appears at the door.
- Dead? No, a neighbour had found him covered in blood.
He'd cut himself and lost a lot of blood rendering him unconscious.
While the neighbour rang us, the man got up.
He drove to hospital and was seen to.
That's all! That could have happened to Stockinger.
Anybody home? Hello.
What are you doing here? - Looking around.
And you? - I'm the neighbour.
Who are you? What's up? I'm the police.
Why do you ask? - They argue a lot.
- Do they? They have to move out.
They can't afford the rent.
It's very expensive.
It's a shame.
Can you tell me where I can find Mr Sandner? Working on his motorbike.
Great machine.
Mr Sandner, I must talk to you.
Police.
What's it got to do with me? Still, we must talk.
I wouldn't know about what.
Your wife might have died of unnatural causes.
What? It wasn't heart failure? We're not sure.
Her corpse was stolen from the hospital and the watchman murdered.
What's happened to her? We're trying to find out.
Where was she last night? She went to see her friend Barbara.
They work together in the pub Kiks.
Then in the evening I got worried.
I rang Barbara.
She knew nothing.
- She lied.
- How do you know? You have money problems, right? You don't have much being unemployed.
- You drove a truck once.
- Yes, but not any more.
The police took my licence away.
They're to blame.
- Sometimes there's a reason.
- Sure.
I had an accident on an icy road.
They said I was overtired and fell asleep.
- But that's not true.
- And what now? We have to move out.
We can't afford the rent.
Was your wife ill? Any heart problems? No.
Leave me alone now.
Diving Club Not too bad, Gabi.
Keep your mind on your pressure balance.
I got water up my nose.
The mask isn't watertight.
Listen At last! I've tried to get you a few times.
What about the money? We'll close up the club and clear off.
So get a move on.
- Who are you? - Good evening.
We open in 30 minutes.
So what? I came to talk about Karin.
Has something happened? You should know.
You were together.
We weren't.
I've already told Christian.
I don't know where she was.
Is something wrong? Is that your dog? She died in hospital last night.
Karin's dead? - For God's sake How? - They say from heart failure.
But her body was stolen from hospital.
It would help if you told me where Karin was.
I really don't know.
- Was she being unfaithful? - I wouldn't know.
You know very little about your friend.
She hardly ever talked about herself.
I can't force you to talk.
But I promise you, we'll meet again.
- I'll go first.
- Watch the head.
The head! Through here.
That will help us.
Thanks for the information.
Richard ambulance drivers noticed a speeding 4WD last night.
They didn't see much.
But it left tracks.
Have them sealed off and call a search.
Okay.
We're after a white Pajero.
You own one, don't you? Surely you can tell me whether you drove it that night and where.
The clutch is burnt out? Oh, dear.
Which garage is it in? What? How? Please spell it for me When did you deregister the car? Name? You don't know? Who does? - Kinsky? - So the car's deregistered.
With an "i" or a "y"? Thank you.
Bye.
He went abroad two weeks ago.
Hello, H2ll here Fine, I'll call again.
Bye.
Thank you.
Hello.
HÃllerer, Crime Squad.
You own a white Pajero, a hire car, right? You sold your car but it's still in your name? Did you rent it out on the 3rd? And who rented it? We'll check it out.
Thanks.
Again, nothing.
Eleven-six.
Death by strangulation, fractured cartilago thyroidea, distended lungs I want to know events prior to death.
Wait! First things first.
Grazing evident to the nose and mouth.
So someone tried to stop him from crying out.
Also bruising to both forearms.
Are they strangulation marks? Well, the suspect wore gloves.
You once said gloves don't leave marks.
Here they do.
They were special gloves, coated ones.
What sort? Working gloves, rubber gloves? Looks like rubber gloves.
Sorry, no new diving students.
All courses are full.
Can I help you? You killed Karin.
Who are you? What do you want? - What did you do to Karin? - Who is Karin? Karin was my wife.
She was a waitress in your favourite pub.
Barbara's friend.
Yes, I remember her.
Has something happened? She's dead.
- It's your fault.
- She's dead? - How is it our fault? - This was amongst her things.
There are hundreds of them.
We gave one to Karin.
You killed her.
Listen If we killed everyone who had our key rings we'd be very busy.
So you'd better go and look elsewhere.
Get lost! What if he comes back? You're a real pro.
Hey, what's up? I didn't say a word.
And that's to shut you up in future.
Diving Club How much? Around 3000 schillings.
How much now? Yes.
There you are.
These tracks are identical to those at the hospital.
So they cut the hole.
Look what Rex is doing over there.
He's not moving.
He's telling us there was a body.
Come on.
Hey, move away.
Move people away.
Call Forensics.
- Found anything? - Yes, tyre tracks.
But no car yet.
Only Sandner can help us further.
I'm in front of his house and watching him.
What a big park.
I'd rather sink a body than bury it.
- And there's enough water.
- Listen "A water surface area of 20 hectares with ponds, canals" A lot of work ahead.
And who will comb this entire area? - How are things? - Ten divers are working.
With all the sludge it will take ages.
I thought so.
No! There's no time left.
Listen Bring the money today or we'll drop you.
You aren't the only one.
I'm sure you can manage.
And? They're trying to raise the money.
Kimal will bring it personally.
Think it will work? When the body's odour particles surface, Rex can sniff them.
I'm not so sure.
Sorry.
Search, Rex.
Search! - BÃck.
- HÃllerer here.
Just to let you know nothing's happened.
Sandner's still in his flat.
Fine.
Left.
Further left.
To the right.
Straight ahead.
To the right.
Further right.
Slow down.
What if he comes without the money? What is all this? Of course he'll bring it.
Right.
Search, Rex.
There's Kimal himself with the money.
It's about time.
Stop.
There's the spot.
Are you ready? Get going.
There's nothing.
No, that can't be! Try again.
I found her.
Your dog was right.
She's bound very professionally.
Looks like someone dived to do it.
A diver Dr Graf said he was strangled with rubber gloves.
Appearances indicate the woman was a drug courier.
She has all the symptoms of cocaine poisoning.
She swallowed a few condoms full of cocaine.
One burst inside her stomach and caused her death.
So they took the body to get the cocaine.
Dreadful, how they cut her up.
Yes.
I once had a case where a man swallowed more than a hundred.
The market value exceeded several million schillings.
HÃllerer here.
Sandner's entering the diving club.
Yes.
Where's that? Kagran, 1 2 Bauer Street.
On our way.
BÃck, off to the diving club! Brendel, come out! You swine! Rex! BÃck! You have my wife's blood on your hands.
What did you do to her? You're mad.
They'll kill you.
I want to know what they did to Karin.
She was their drug courier and that killed her.
- Police! Drop your weapons.
- Come out with your hands up.
Karin only did it to keep the flat.
Brendel, give yourself up.
- They killed my Karin.
- You don't stand a chance.
What will happen to them? Nothing, I bet.
Come out, Brendel! The men from the diving club threw money around Iooking for people to be their courier.
They talked you into it? I did it once.
I needed money badly.
I didn't know it was so dangerous.
Kemal is a big catch.
But you'll still be charged with drug smuggling.
I know.
- How much did you get? - 1 00,000 schillings.
A lot of money.
But is that worth a human life? The shooting Let's see what we can do.
Let's plead self-defence.
Thanks.
But how did you find Karin? The dog traced her submerged body.
Come on, Rex.