Heinz Werner (referee)
Heinz Werner (born August 8, 1946 ; † October 31, 2009 ) was a German football referee .
referee
Werner headed games in the first and second Bundesliga as a referee in the 1980s . In total, he whistled in 65 first and 60 second division games.
Death and manhunt
On October 31, 2009, a Saturday afternoon, Heinz Werner got into a motor vehicle with two previously unknown men that, according to Werner's previous statements , was supposed to drive from Auersmacher to Bliesransbach , and then disappeared. On the same day, a plastic bin used as a chicken feed container was stolen by strangers on the premises of his company, and Werner's blood stained a wooden box.
Werner's body was found on December 25, 2009 in the Saar near the Kanzem barrage. There were also grains of feed from the stolen container in Werner's clothes. The investigation by the Saarbrücken criminal police revealed that Werner was most likely killed. An autopsy revealed head injuries. The motive for the killing is unknown.
As part of the public search , the Werner case was broadcast on August 25, 2010 in the television program Aktenzeichen XY ... unsolved . The homicide is still unresolved.
Individual references and sources
- ↑ Profile at weltfussball.de . Retrieved August 27, 2010
- ↑ welt.de: Referee murdered? . January 15, 2010, accessed August 27, 2010
- ↑ File number XY unsolved August 25, 2010 Part 2/9 (You Tube)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werner, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German football referee |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1946 |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: October 31, 2009 |