S1 Ep12: Volker Eckert

What Makes a Killer

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Documentary, True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On the Season finale of What Makes a Killer: On November 17th 2006, police in the German city of Cologne searched the vehicle of a 47-year man suspected of murder. What they found inside the truck was a collection of gruesome memorabilia. That day, police apprehended Volker Eckert, bringing an end to a 32 year career of murder that spanned five European countries. To this day, the exact number of his victims is still unknown.

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0:44.0	It's November 16, 2006 in Catalonia, Spain.
0:49.0	Volker Eckert is parked outside a football stadium waiting for night to fall. He has the
0:56.3	body of 20-year-old Milena Petrova in his truck and he's waiting until it's dark
1:02.3	so he can dump her body.
1:06.0	Nearby, a technician is installing a CCTV camera on the wall of a factory.
1:12.0	By chance, the camera scans the stadium car park and
1:16.9	captures footage of Eckert's truck, including the owner's logo printed on the
1:22.3	side.
1:25.0	The next day, Malena's body is found.
1:29.0	Spanish police inspect the neighboring camera footage
1:32.0	and discover the lone parked truck.
1:38.7	They traced the truck back to Germany and immediately tried to track Eckerd down for questioning, either as a potential witness or a criminal.
1:48.0	When police catch up to the truck driver, they find him in Kone, Germany. They probe Eckert about
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