This all suggests that the family had an unwelcome intruder that could have been staying in their house for days or even longer.
In 2007 the case was turned over to Fürstenfeldbruck Police Academy students.
He takes the pickaxe down and hefts it.
The attackers invaded the farm as the occupants were heading to bed, bludgeoning the father in his bedroom.
When no one responded to the knocks on the door and the window, they walked around the yard but found no one.
If only Maria had started her new job a day later, she could have saved her life.