File number XY: The owner of the villa in Altenstadt-Illereichen was robbed

17 years ago, a famous businessman renovated an old country house in Altenstadt-Illereichen, a small town between Ulm and Memmingen. The building became a magnificent villa with a park-like garden. During Pentecost 2025, the businessman received visitors there with his wife and 16-year-old daughter: his wife’s 15-year-old niece. He spends holidays with family.

What the villa’s residents didn’t know: They were being targeted by a group of robbers. The people were likely planning to attack the family on Whit Saturday, June 7 2025.

Apparently the house had been under surveillance for a long time. The three perpetrators knew that a family of three lived there. And they assume that the successful businessman keeps a lot of money in his house.

But they probably didn’t expect the population to increase by one person on Whit Saturday. They spontaneously decided to cancel their plans. As they retreated to the village road, a neighbor noticed them. He saw them get into the gray station wagon – probably an Opel – that was waiting for them.

After the family drove to a neighboring village for dinner in two sports cars on Whit Sunday, four perpetrators broke into the property later that evening. They seized the moment when the family dog ​​was roaming the garden and, masked and armed with a gun, gained access through the open terrace door.

When they returned, the residents were attacked and tied up one by one by the perpetrator. While one of the perpetrators was on guard, his accomplice went looking for the loot. They did not find any large amounts of cash in the house.

Instead, they collect whatever falls into their hands: more or less valuable jewelry and decorations, clothes, wallets containing some money and personal papers, cell phones. They packed their loot into several suitcases and travel bags they found in the house.

After two hours, they tied everyone in the house to lawn chairs in the teenager’s room on the second floor and dragged their loot out of the house. The person who picked him up was probably waiting again in a gray car on the main road a few hundred meters away. The perpetrator managed to escape undetected while the victim freed himself and called the police.

According to witnesses, the four men were Eastern European citizens. They were all wearing dark clothes and balaclavas. Their spokesperson spoke a little German with an appropriate accent, his accomplices spoke only a little English and Russian.

• The main perpetrator reminded witnesses of a “neighborhood guard”: about 40 years old, about 1.80 meters tall, and very fat – estimated to weigh 120 to 130 kilograms. He wore a long gray jacket, black work pants, and black shoes. He was armed with a “Walther PPK” pistol.
• The second perpetrator was slightly younger, around 30 years old, but was the same height and had a more athletic build. Witnesses noticed dark skin around the eyes. His attire consists of a black hoodie, black work pants, and black loafers. He wore black work gloves and also held a “Walther PPK” in his hand.
• The third perpetrator was the same age, but only 1.70 meters tall and of normal build. He wore a black jacket, black work pants, and black sneakers. He was also wearing yellow household gloves, the cuffs of which he had opened. He only speaks Eastern European languages.
• The fourth perpetrator was described as a “fighting type”: about 40 years old, about 1.80 meters tall, and muscular. He was wearing a black bomber jacket, under a black hoodie, and black work pants. His work shoes and gloves are also black. He speaks English with an Eastern European accent. He is also said to have dark skin.

The men transported the loot in three suitcases and four travel bags at a higher price range:

• Suitcases: brand “Louis Vuitton”, type “Horizon”, small and large suitcases
• Small black hard shell trolley from “Samsonite”
• Two “Samsonite Paradiver Light” travel bags, sizes L and M, on wheels
• The perpetrators hid more than 100 different looted items inside, including the owner’s valuable watch: an “Audemars Piguet Royal Oak” with a silver-colored case and a blue dial.

• In the days and weeks before Pentecost Sunday 2025, June 8, 2025, who noticed strange people and vehicles in and around Altenstadt-Illereichen that might be connected to the crime?
• Who witnessed the perpetrator putting the loot into a gray Opel station wagon waiting on the highway at around 01.00 on the evening of June 9 2025?
• Who is the stolen watch or one of the suitcases offered for sale after Pentecost 2025?

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