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When Beate Inninger lights her chimney, her house is filled with smoke in no time. Helplessly, she calls the police. Hubert is annoyed at the unnecessary work, as the fire department is clearly responsible for this. Staller doesn't even ...See moreWhen Beate Inninger lights her chimney, her house is filled with smoke in no time. Helplessly, she calls the police. Hubert is annoyed at the unnecessary work, as the fire department is clearly responsible for this. Staller doesn't even get upset. He'd much rather know if the chimney wasn't blocked by a stork's nest and promptly climbs onto the roof. To his horror, he finds chimney sweep apprentice Lena Roland hanging lifeless in the chimney shaft. But why didn't she climb out of the shaft when she noticed the rising smoke? When Staller finds a container of epilepsy pills next to the victim, everything points to a tragic accident. But far from it: Dr. Anja Licht determines that Lena died of carbon monoxide poisoning hours before the chimney was lit. The murderer cleverly staged everything and made the death look like an industrial accident. Hubert doesn't believe in this absurd idea at all. A Quick Suspicion But Staller wants to prove it: At Yazid's house, he finds a wooden figure the size of Lena, hoists it in a sack onto the roof, and demonstrates that his murder theory is largely feasible. But where and why did the perpetrator kill the chimney sweep? Suspicion quickly falls on Lena's jealous ex-boyfriend, Tom Gotthard, whom she had recently left and who spends every free minute tinkering with his beloved classic car in his mother's garage. He could easily have suffocated Lena with the exhaust fumes from his old car. Girwidz is shocked when he hears the suspect's name-after all, it's the son of his future landlady. He fears that the investigation could cost him the beautiful villa. Undeterred, Hubert and Staller continue their investigation and come across more and more suspects: Did Bruno Merkling, the ambitious district chimney sweep and member of the chimney sweep's guild, want to prevent Lena from ruining his reputation with her poor exam results? Or could the offended apprentice Markus Knöbl not bear Lena Roland's mockery of his awkward love poems. Written by ARD Das Erste See less