3000 Euro reward: Teacher Helmut has been missing for six years

Rennertshofen (Bavaria) – Where is teacher Helmut Strigl from Bayern?

Die police searches with the help of the TV show “Case number XY… Unsolved“ after the man who had been missing for years. In November 2021, his cousin reported the retired teacher missing. His last sign of life was even longer ago: On June 25, 2018, a neighbor happened to see the then 64-year-old for the last time at his home in Rennertshofen-Trugenhofen near Neuburg an der Donau.

He lived on a former farm that had belonged to his parents and had hardly any social contacts. After missing After the incident had been reported, the police opened the completely trashed property, but found no clue as to where the man had gone.

“Leave no trace”

Helmut Strigl taught at middle schools in the Neuburg an der Donau area until his retirement in early 2018. A few months later, the teacher disappeared. Suspicious: his retirement payments continued to be paid into his account for years, but were “transferred to other accounts,” as the investigators determined. His signature on transfer orders was forged for this purpose.

“He left no traces,” said Silke Poller, chief detective of the Ingolstadt police in the ZDF-Program by Rudi Cerne. She assumes that Strigl was the victim of a crime.

Room cleared out: driver convicted

A man who worked for Strigl has already been convicted of forgery and, according to Poller, is currently serving a prison sentence He had worked as a driver for the teacher for years after the teacher had to give up his driving license in 2011 because he had been caught drunk at the wheel of his car with a blood alcohol level of 1.6 per mille.

According to information in the program, the man had also cleared out a room in Strigl’s house together with an acquaintance.

The police now assume that Helmut Strigl is no longer alive. He probably died shortly after a neighbor last saw him in 2018. But where is his body?

Reward of 3000 euros offered

Investigators are now focusing on three important questions:

► Who has seen Helmut Strigl after mid-June 2018? He was 64 years old, 1.83 meters tall, and slightly stocky at the time.

► Who is his BMW 318i, sedan, color: montego blue metallic, with the license plate ND-HA 36 between June 2018 and June 2019?

► Helmut Strigl owned a trailer with an orange tarpaulin and the license plate ND-G 673. Who noticed this trailer after June 2018?

A reward of 3000 euros has been offered. The Ingolstadt police are accepting tips on 0841 / 9343-0. Many tips have already been received following the TV broadcast.