Word: rieger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unparalleled display of ineptness, the authorities allowed Stoll and his comrades to slip through their fingers. As an outraged Bundestag investigating committee revealed last week, the suspects had been virtually handed over to the federal crime police antiterrorist squad by an observant helicopter pilot in Michelstadt, Karin Rieger. She reported that the three fugitives, equipped with a camera and video-tape equipment, had chartered her chopper for several flights over the Rhine Valley, ostensibly to film historic castles. Rieger became suspicious when she noticed that the supposed "film crew" not only handled their equipment awkwardly but repeatedly insisted on flying...
...Rieger discussed her suspicions with her fiancé, who informed the authorities. She had a piece of clinching evidence: on the right cheek of a squeaky-voiced member of the film crew was a telltale double birthmark, positively identifying her as Adelheid Schulz. Acting on the tip, police mounted an elaborate surveillance, observing-and even photographing-the suspects as they boarded Rieger's helicopter for subsequent flights. Handwriting experts examined the helicopter rental contract and concluded that it had been signed by Klar. But in a fit of inexplicable indecision, the cops failed to close in and make...