Jutta Stark appears to have committed suicide; she lies dead in front of her apartment block. She and her husband were members of the "Church of the Community". Schimanski and Thanner investigate

Jochen Bähr, department head in a pharmaceutical company, is found shot dead in his boat early on a Sunday morning. At the crime scene is his young son Thomas, who is in shock and unable to speak. Schimanski, who needs the boy's statement, tries to break his encapsulation. He has initial success - then Thomas is kidnapped under the eyes of the inspector.