introduces Staatsanwalt Witte, who is anxiously handling a case involving a person wrongfully incarcerated on suspicion of murder. His thoughts are disrupted by a series of trivial complaints involving a stolen pair of trousers, which leads him into the larger web of deceit surrounding the Heßberger family. Meanwhile, a significant subplot concerning the Baumann family unfolds, particularly involving Baumann's wife, whose hidden past creates ripples of conflict and emotional turmoil. As Witte navigates a series of interconnected events, including a police search of the Heßberger residence, the tension escalates, hinting at larger revelations regarding the true heirs and the implications of long-held secrets. (This is an automatically generated summary.)