After the murder of his family and 16 years in prison, Benno Wiese is free. When he meets Vera Lanz, the past catches up with him: again he is standing next to a corpse. But "the boss" is correct in her assessment: Wiese is innocent, the death of the young man is the result of an accident. Meadow remains free. But now the former perpetrator is being hunted by the neighborhood mobs. The neighbors agree: Benno Wiese has struck again. Vera Lanz and colleagues Böhmer and Trompeter have their hands full protecting the former murderer from the neighborhood and relatives. How dangerous is meadow? Can a repeat offense be ruled out? His ex-wife and brother want to get rid of him as soon as possible. Only Simone Aigner, his daughter, still stands by the broken man.

Against the backdrop of the Munich Oktoberfest, Vera Lanz has to investigate within her own ranks. Was the shot from colleague Meyer's service weapon an accident? The intuition of chief inspector Lanz is asked: Did her colleague help with an attempted rape, or was he himself involved in the violent crime? Contradictory statements about the course of events make Vera suspicious. It is thanks to Arthur Meyer that young Franziska was not raped by rowdy Philip Loibl. But Loibl was seriously injured by the shot from Meyer's service weapon. He also denies the rape and accuses Meyer of police violence. Since the victim and thus the witness fled and was swallowed up by the face of the earth, it is difficult to prove Meyer's emergency help. In addition, Meyer contradicts himself in his statement about the course of the crime. Franziska answers and makes a statement. Everything seems to have been clarified and the colleague relieved. But then Meyer and Franziska disappear without a trace.