Kommissar Rex (Inspector Rex) (1994) s05e06 Episode Script

Series 5, Episode 6

1 INSPECTOR REX REX'S REVENGE Well? Put it on the table.
I'm going to get that paper! Okay, let's do a swap.
The paper for a bone, okay? Young man falls victim to killer dog! Stray dog terrifies residents You're in early.
Did you fall asleep over a file? No way.
I couldn't sleep a wink.
So you are sorry you're leaving us, eh? I have no choice.
I inherited the pub.
How about leasing it? Dad always wanted me to run it and Mum can't manage alone.
I can't let her down.
But you can let us down.
You can always come and see me.
- What will you eat there? - I certainly won't starve.
My mother makes a goulash you wouldn't believe.
But you'll still miss the ham rolls.
Thanks, Rex.
Look, he's bringing you a roll.
He always pinches mine.
Ham roll at ten o'clock.
Thanks.
So you guys have been talking about topic No.
1 again? Yes.
He won't let me talk him out of it.
God almighty! It's hard enough for me as it is.
You're right, but Thanks.
By the way, an interesting news item.
It says a guy called Fritz Kaiser was bitten to death by a dog.
But the paper says he was only bitten on the neck.
- That would be very unusual.
- Why unusual? He'd have more injuries.
Dogs attack differently.
- When do dogs attack? - Well If it escapes without having bonded with someone or if it's not fully trained.
Then it can even turn against its master.
They assume it was a stray dog, but none was seen.
Yes, I think someone was probably behind it.
They may have set their dog on Kaiser.
That would be no accident, but murder.
- Are the day's reports here? - There, on the table.
Good afternoon.
HÃllerer, Homicide.
I need some information on the death of Fritz Kaiser.
How's HÃllerer? Not too good, but I think his decision is final.
If you're interested in the Kaiser case, hurry.
His funeral is in two hours.
You can close it again.
Thank you.
Hello.
I'm Brandtner, Crime Squad.
My condolences.
You son has bite marks only on his neck.
That's not at all typical of a dog bite.
Dogs always go first for moving limbs, arms and legs.
Unless they're commanded to do otherwise.
Can't you leave my parents and me alone? I don't believe it was an accident.
Someone may have set their dog on your son.
So I'd ask you to postpone the funeral so we can take your son to Forensic Pathology.
Fritz wanted to get some beer from the car.
He set off After a while I went looking for him.
Did you notice anything, see or hear anything? A dog was howling but that was quite far away.
I found him here.
Everything was covered in blood.
I sat him up, but he was already dead.
Forensics won't find anything.
It's been trampled on.
Shit! Your dog's not as obedient as you said! - Rolfi never bit anyone.
- Maybe he's about to start.
Where were you between 10 and 11 p.
m.
yesterday? - Playing cards at the pub.
- And your dog? He was with me.
He always comes to the pub.
- Where's the pub? - Down on the corner.
Ask the owner.
He knows Rolfi.
Thanks.
That's all.
The carotid artery and jugular vein are torn open.
There's little discoloration and the internal organs are pale.
He inhaled a massive amount of blood so it was a quick death.
The bite wounds are like deep punctures and were caused by extremely long fangs.
So it was a very large dog? I'd say an extremely large dog.
However, we haven't found any dog hair on the body or on the clothes, which is rather unusual.
It's all unusual.
The body shows no signs of a struggle.
- He must have fought back.
- At least at first.
Yes.
I need an impression of the teeth so I can work out what sort of dog it was.
We measured the length of the fangs with this probe.
Interesting.
No domestic dog has such long fangs.
Beware of the dog! - Did you want to see me? - If you live here, yes.
I do.
BÃck, Crime Squad.
You have a dog - He's right there.
- Is he big and fierce? He can be fierce sometimes.
- And big? - That's relative.
Hi.
The story's pretty doubtful.
The fangs are too long for a dog.
The upper and lower bite marks don't match.
So there's something wrong with his jaw.
I'm really glad I've never run into it.
We got nothing out of Kaiser's parents and friends.
But something else could be interesting.
The park has only recently been opened to the public.
Some residents are scared by a dog that howls at night.
No one's seen it yet.
Good evening.
Haven't you heard the dog howling? So what? It often howls.
A man was bitten to death here a few days ago.
Life is dangerous.
If I were you, I'd be careful.
If the dog turns up - Let it come.
- Well At least I've warned you.
I never saw anything like it.
Yes You don't often see things like this.
It looks like the teeth of a huge wolf.
Yes.
I showed them to a veterinary anatomist.
He confirmed that they are a wolf's teeth.
But listen to this.
This wolf died out over 100 years ago.
That means someone used it as a murder weapon to make it look like an attack by a dog.
So the killer must have pushed the fangs - Into the carotid artery.
- Yes.
Fine.
Thank you.
We know how it was done.
The question is why and by whom? - Where do you get these? - I knew you'd ask that.
My veterinary colleague pointed out a slight malformation in these fangs.
They're a little bit too far back.
- So they're easier to trace? - Definitely.
They collect strange things like this at the Austrian Anatomical Pathological Museum.
Our Austrian Anatomical Pathological Museum is the oldest and largest in the world.
We have over 50,000 exhibits which, as you have seen, mainly show changes in the human body caused by illness.
There's also an animal pathology section.
We're going in there now.
Here too there are exhibits of deformities which are either congenital or caused by illness.
Deformed reptiles, but also domestic animals such as dogs, cats, pigs and cows.
Here you can see genetic changes in a calf's hip.
Here's a lovely case of thoracupatus typicus, the growing together of the breastbones of twin calves.
All the deformities were due to inherited genetic changes - Can I help you? - Yes Perhaps.
I'm Alex Brandtner, I'm a police detective.
I wanted to see if someone could steal a skull.
I'm Dr Erika Molden, the director of this museum.
Why do you want to know if something can be stolen? I don't think I can help you, Mr Brandtner.
As you saw, all our cases are locked, there's an attendant on every floor and nothing is missing from the cases.
- Are items kept anywhere else? - Yes, in the storeroom.
Come this way.
We may have what you're looking for, a specimen with unusually long fangs.
Here.
The large wolf's skull should be in here.
But I don't understand.
It's disappeared.
- Could it be somewhere else? - No.
We only had one specimen that size.
It was in this box.
Who has access to this room? Anyone who opens the key box and takes the key out.
We don't have any treasures stored here.
Has anything ever gone missing before? No.
We're recataloguing and changing some exhibits, but with so many items on display we won't know for weeks or months if anything's missing.
Excuse me.
Brandtner.
I'll be right there.
I'll call you from the car.
I need names and details of all your staff.
Do you need my details too? Bye.
Sorry to interrupt you, Mum.
I have work to do.
We've got a murder, Mum.
No, I'm not going to tell you about it.
I'll come to the pub tonight to discuss the furniture.
Yes, I'll be eating there.
Stop staring at the door, Rex.
Alex will be back soon.
Bye.
I have to go to the museum.
Can you mind Rex? You and my mother always have work for me.
Right, Rex.
First we'll have a nice cup of coffee.
Then we'll sit down quietly and enjoy our coffee.
Wait.
There's something missing.
A ham roll would be great.
But there's nothing.
Not a ham roll in sight.
Thanks, Rex.
I'll keep this delicacy for later.
We took the injured man away.
It's in the bushes.
The man was getting a ball and got caught in the trap.
He has severe leg injuries.
Someone set a trap for a nonexistent dog.
Better search the whole park.
There may be more.
It's me.
I need Rex here in the park.
Excuse me.
I'd like a skull like that one in the case.
Where can I get one? No idea.
You'll have to ask at the director's office.
- Where is it? - Straight down there.
Can you stand in for me? Again? Excuse me.
I'm interested in those animal skulls.
So are most of our visitors.
No, I mean for home.
I'd like to buy one.
Do you know where I can get one? I could get you one.
I have a friend in the business.
He also deals in skulls like these.
I'd be very interested.
How much? That size? That's a lot.
All right.
Could we meet at 10 tomorrow morning? At Cafe KÃnig.
Know it? Right.
No wonder you lost the scent.
He rode a bike from here.
I'll Wait.
Hi.
Ham roll from behind.
What? No criminal record.
Thanks.
Bye.
What's wrong with you? Aren't you having one? I'm still sick from the museum.
It has people with two heads and three legs.
You'd have trouble buying pants if you had three legs.
But with two heads you could eat two ham rolls at once.
That does it.
I can't face eating one now.
Thanks.
Well? No one on the museum staff has a criminal record.
But the attendant may be involved.
What about the trap? It may have been set by a scared neighbour.
- Or by the killer himself.
- Why? Thanks, Rex.
Very thoughtful.
- Is this really a good idea? - Don't be scared.
I'm here.
Hello, Alex.
It's quiet here at the moment.
Same here.
See you later.
I think he's bored too.
- It's nice here.
- Want to go to the bench? Alex, someone's coming.
- It's that museum attendant.
- Okay.
We're ready for him.
Get him, Rex.
- We have a lot to talk about.
- If you insist.
I don't care about your stealing.
I want to know who you sold the things to.
For example, who bought the wolf skull? You don't ask for names and addresses in these deals.
Then describe the buyer.
He's an older gentleman, about 58.
He's 180 centimetres tall and weighs 80 kilos.
He's bald with deep-set eyes and seems respectable.
- There was a noise.
- No, it was nothing.
There was.
Go and see.
Okay.
Be careful.
Nora! Help! I'm bleeding! I met him the same way I met you, when he visited the museum.
He was particularly interested in the skulls of large animals, and wanted to buy one with long fangs.
So you got him one.
Where did you give him the wolf skull? At a bus stop in Flurstrasse.
Isn't that near the City Park? Yes.
He suggested we meet there.
Brandtner, Homicide.
Is she badly injured? What hospital is she in? Thanks.
We'll come at once.
A girl is in West Hospital with bite wounds.
Will you go? Yes.
You can go now.
You'll be charged with larceny.
Go, Rex.
Search.
Come on.
We'll keep looking.
You think he climbed over the wall? All right.
You clown.
So he came through the gate? It certainly looks like it.
The girl couldn't really remember anything.
She felt a blow to her neck and saw she was bleeding.
She may remember more later.
What about the guy? He went to investigate a noise and then it happened.
You go ahead.
I won't be long.
Christian See that guy with the bike? Yes.
The attendant's description fits him.
Exactly.
Find out who he is.
We found the first tyre tracks near the trap and Rex took me to the second lot.
They go from the crime scene to the park wall.
And I took these from a bike in the park.
All three tyre tracks are identical.
And the bike's owner fits the attendant's description.
So he may have bought that skull.
His name is Karl Wagner and he lives near the park.
He watched the forensic team with great interest.
What if we confront Wagner with the museum attendant? You know the judges.
A thief isn't a credible witness.
Karl Wagner has no criminal record, but his wife has been missing for almost a year.
Well, well.
Stay in the car.
They're scared of big dogs.
Don't let anyone see you.
Excuse me.
Yes? My name is Brandnter, Crime Squad.
I'd like to ask you some questions.
Well? We're on the dog case.
I'm sure you know of it.
Of course.
And why have you come to me? Checking the dog owners got us nowhere.
- Now we're asking everyone.
- What do you mean, nowhere? It wasn't one of the local dogs and no one's seen it.
Yes, because everyone's afraid.
No one's game to go to the park.
We've asked over 400 people.
No one's seen a dog.
We doubt it even exists.
Of course it does.
I've seen it.
You've seen it? What does it look like? - Big, strong, grey fur.
- Like a wolf? Not exactly.
Sort of.
When did you see it? Last night, in the park.
Apparently it attacked someone again.
That's why I'm glad I finally have a description.
And what are you going to do now? We'll search the park again.
- Is this going to work? - I assume it's what he did.
- So he planned it for ages? - Looks like it.
- What time do you make it? - 10 o'clock.
Me too.
We'll keep to our plan.
Good luck.
Wait.
Give him a moment.
There it is.
I'll be right back.
Good.
Right.
Go in, frighten him and make him leave the house.
Go on! Who are you? What do you want? I'll call the police! Police Police? This is Wagner.
Karl Wagner.
Go away.
Please.
Go away.
You don't even exist.
Please go away.
Hey, you did a great job! Stick with him but don't let him see you, okay? Off you go- Help! There's a dog after me! Help! Leave me alone! Do you hear me? It was him.
I found the weapon and the tape recorder.
Please make him stop.
I can't keep going.
Who are you? What's that for? Good evening.
My name is BÃck, Crime Squad.
Please help me.
Look.
There's a dog after me.
One of ours.
Stay there.
You're under arrest.
The howling and the attacks were to drive people away.
Particularly from here.
The reason has just been found, at the bottom of the lake.
I didn't want to end up on the street at my age.
It all belonged to her.
The garden, the house She wanted a divorce after all those years.
So I just killed her, do you understand? The park was safe while it was closed.
When it was opened to the public you were afraid she'd be found.
I didn't want to kill anyone, just to scare them away.
Besides, it doesn't matter now anyway.
Oh, well That's it, then.
I've enjoyed being with you guys.
We'll miss you a lot.
Well? Will you come and visit me? Goodbye, boy.
I've prepared a few things.
Thanks, Christian.
But definitely not.
My mother has made her wonderful goulash for us.
You're my guests tonight in my pub.
- I have something in my eye.
- Funny.
Me too.

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