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Nov 2022
44m 56s

A Century-Old Cold Case | The Hinterkaif...

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The Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on the evening of March 31, 1922, when six inhabitants of a small Bavarian farmstead, located approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Munich, Germany, were murdered by an unknown assailant. The six victims were Andreas Gruber (age 63) and Cäzilia Gruber (age 72), their widowed daughter Viktoria Gabriel (age 35), Viktor ... Show More
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