Podcast Rebecca R
Part 1 - The last message.
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On March 6,there is a LE statement about the disappearance of Rebecca Reusch.
The murder investigator Michael Hoffmann says in the program "Aktenzeichen XY" that the missing of Rebecca has turned into a murder investigation. He expressed what the family of Rebecca, who has now disappeared for almost three weeks, does not want to admit: "We are now firmly assuming that it is a homicide".
The statement is that Rebecca never left her sisters house and that the POI, is BIl, Florian R. LE releases 3 pictures of FR.Now whole Germany knows, how Florian looks like.
In that same statement, LE says Florian gave contradictory statements, about the time/day of RRs disappearance and the day after her missing. LE says, they have proof that FR was driving with
the family car, on the A12 in the direction of Frankfurt on February 18 and February 20.
Florian is arrested for 2,5 weeks, before LE has to release him, due to lack of proof, linking him to the disappearance /murder of RR..
After his release, the news about Rebecca becomes less, the only investigation news, is about the search for Rebecca 's body, in the area of Brandenburg forest, where the family car was picked up by highway camera' s. The searches are till this day, without any results.
The journalists from the podcast are interviewing Martin Steltner, who tells them that there are no other suspects, that FR is their only POI, but that the evidence isn't enough. During this interview, the journalist are walking by the desk of another colleague of MN, who's work is, about identifying Jane/John Doe's. Who states:"everybody knows, who did it"
After 1,5 year after Rebecca went missing, the police still think it was Florian R.
During the podcast, the questions raise/are mentioned:
Is Florian a manipulator, psychopath, who can lie to his wife and her family so well, that they continue to believe in his innocence or was he lucky?
Or is the Family Reusch right and the police have a tunnel vision, and they haven't investigated no other clues/scenarios ?
How can the police be so sure that Rebecca is dead?
Every possibilities were considered and there is no indication that Rebecca took her personal stuff and left the house. Her phone was turned off, and all the possibilities, like, kidnapping, an accident, something that might have happened on her way are investigated and nothing came out of it.
The journalists of the podcast make a timeliness of the day before Rebecca 's disappearence and the day she vanished.
Evening of February 17. 2019
Around 20.00/8 pm, Rebecca sends a selfie with her and her sister to her niece.
It is a typical girls evening, they order pizza, play games on the computer and around midnight, they are going to sleep. Rebeccas sleeps at the sofa in the living room, like she did on many occasions, when she was staying over at her sisters place. Her sister Jessica is going to the bedroom upstairs.
Florian, Jessica's husband arrives at home at 5.45 Am, he had a party from his work and is toxicated. He said, he went to bed, and felt a sleep,after coming home.
Jessica is awake shortly after Florians arrival, makes herself and their 2 year old daughter ready for the day. She doesn't look for Rebecca in the living room. Around 7.00 am, she leaves the house with her 2 Yr old, takes her daughter to daycare before going to her work.
Rebecca 's mother BR tries to call Rebecca on her cellphone (says this in an interview) at 7.15,making sure, Rebecca will be on time for school. Rebeccas phone goes straight to voicemail.
Rebeccas mother BR didn't know that Rebecca had the first few hours off.
BR calls Jessica who tells her that Rebecca has to be at school at 9.50 and that Rebecca has probably turned fly modus on,on her phone. She did that often, so she didn't get disturbed while sleeping or that Rebecca had her cellphone off..
Around 8.25 am, Rebecca's mother calls again, Rebecca 's phone again goes straight to voicemail.
It is known that between 6.00 and 8.00,Rebecca' s phone has logged in, at least one time on the router of her sisters house.
After rebecca 's phone goes straight to voicemail, her mom calls florian, but he refuses the call. Shortly after Rebecca' s mom sees that florian had called her back so she calls him again, this time he answers, she asks him if rebecca is still there, and if she is getting ready for school.
BR tells in an interview that she hears him walking down the stairs, into the living room, checking and says No Rebecca isn't here. According to Florian, Rebecca wasn't there at 8.25
Rebeccas mom sends a what's app message at 8.42. "hi sweetie, I hope you got okay to school, kisses smiley"
The message arrived on Rebeccas phone, but was never opened or read..
On the basis of her phone, police assumes, Rebecca never left the house alive.
Digital forensic Professor analog explains how a smartphone works.
Rebeccas friends stated before that RR was always online and reachable. Even her niece told that Rebecca has asked her to take over her Snapchat account, during a school camp, because she couldn't get online and wanted to send daily a picture to her friends.
The day of her disappointment, all Rebeccas online activity suddenly stopped.
The forensic analysis experts explains. When something like that happens, then something must have happened. Or your phone is broken or the owner can't use it for what for reason ever. LE never got a hold on Rebeccas phone, so it is harder to check. They did obtain some phone records through the profider and router data, who can read if you were logged in. But it can't say if hern phone was off or on flymodus.
Police scenario :
Florian was drunk when he came home from the work party. Rebeccas sleeps on the sofa in the living room.
When Jessica leaves the house at 7.00,he is alone with her. Florian said he slept during that time, but LE can prove he is lying, he was watching *advertiser censored*, this was also stated by several others, independently from each other. Then he goes downstairs to Rebecca, shortly after she is dead.
When Rebeccas mother calls, he rejects the call, to call back shortly after to make sure his deed goes unnoticed. Rebeccas hasn't left the house, as he says, but she is dead.
LE can't proof it, but suspect it.
Florian kept silent during his arrest and accusations.
Florians lawyer has no comment, when asked for an interview.
Friends of Rebecca
In the beginning, the conversation is, a little bit on edge and starts nervous, but as soon as the ice breaks, they talk about Rebecca, her life, dreams, concerns. One of parents show a recorded video, taken in the summer of 2018,where Rebecca is running down the street in a bathrobe yelling:
"I am a *... *"It was a challenge, one of her friends say and she took it. A lot of laughter.
(*s
orry guys, I think she was telling that she was some kind of a bird, but I didn't quite understand the word or meaning)
After the video, one of her friends tells, that she got a picture from Rebecca shortly before her disappearence, through snap chat.
The (snap chat) picture disappears right after you saw and open it.
Her friend was still in bed when she puts her cellphone on and opened it.
It was a selfie from Rebecca made in front of a mirror, with a white sweater jeans and jacket on, like she was ready to leave the house. It is the outfit she was wearing, same as the description as missing.
When her friend opens the photo, she wonders why Rebecca looks like she is on the point of going out. They are in the same class and school starts for them at 9.50.She answers the picture with her own, lying in bed and asking Rebecca why she is so early awake and ready.
There is no answer, neither is the message opened. Her friend doesn't know exactly when she turned on her phone and saw the picture that Rebecca send but it was probably around/before 8.30.
It is assumed that Rebecca left the house before 8.30 with her jacket on.
Given the time of the selfie snap chat picture the time frame of florian doing something to Rebecca is very narrow.
The podcast part 1 - The last message ends with if you have any tips, pls call...
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ETA :I think, this is one of LE Berlin, who is mentioned in the podcast
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