European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dial a Xyz to get murder robbery rape in Germany Eduard Zimmermann right seeks help solving crimes on Aki Meichen Xiv. In Goldst. Cd by de Reavis staff writer fugitive criminals break out in cold sweat every time Eduard Zimmer Mann a to program of unsolved crimes Aten Weichen by. In Goldst Case by. Unsolved is shown. A criminals have Good reason to tremble when their crimes appear on the screen a a said program editor Rudiger Wellnitz. A for the last 20 years we be chalked up a 40-percent Success rate in finding suspects. Suspects have often been picked up during the show and Many have quickly checked out of hotels while the other guests sat in the to room watching  Zimmermanne a Munich based show on the German second program Adf reenact four crimes. It shows clues left at the scene of the crime and interviews the police in charge of the investigation. The show then airs Telephone numbers of the police and the to studio. In addition Zimmermann shows police photos of nine fugitives that police Hope some viewer May have seen. Wellnitz claims the 60-minute, Friday night Call in show airs cases Only when the police investigation has reached an impasse. And the show concentrates on the heavies a killers Bank robbers rapists grand Marc exists and terrorists. Because of the serious nature of most of the crimes shown Zimmermanne a show undermines the critics who claim it promotes denunciation and will turn the country into a nation of Stool pigeons. A the argument really does no to hold because few people Are against turning in hardened criminals a Wellnitz said. A Zimmerman no a View which i share is that denunciation is an act by someone who knows but ignores the truth a a liar. That has not been the Case. In 20 years we reckon that denunciations Range somewhere Between 1 and 2 percent of our viewer  Wellnitz said people who Call in Are recorded. They give their names and Kimny they can be held responsible for slander or character assassination. Zimmermann has been taken to court on those charges four times in the last 20 years lie has won every suit Wellnitz says. Broken Down in cold statistics Over the last 20 years the show has been aired 237 times and dealt with 2,051 cases. Police were Able to solve 835 of them with help of viewers of Zimmer Mann show. A in Germany we have 11.3 million or 32 percent of the to audience. In Austria we have 4 million viewers or 45 percent of the viewers and in Switzerland we have 2 million or 35.5 percent of the television viewing audience a Wellnitz said. The shows Success has led to it being copied in several countries including Italy the United states and  mysteries trying to decipher chiefs 1970 death the Abc show unsolved mysteries plans to telecast this fall a re creation of the circumstances surrounding the death of an Ohio police chief. The chiefs daughter Brenda Lewis is a Scricc member a wife living in Benjamin Franklin Village in Mannheim Germany. Lewis said she thinks that in her fathers Case Justice has not been served with the official verdict. Namely that he died in an car Accident. Sitting in her apartment beside her husband spec. Bruce Lewis of he co 42nd my group custom she Speaks in a quiet controlled voice. A getting the unsolved mysteries people interested in the Case has been the last resort she said. A no one else in be approached in the City or police since 1983 have shown any interest at All. Armed Force television beams unsolved mysteries to Europe. An last aired the show in May and might pick it up in december. In june 1989, Lewis wrote a letter to the pro Grams producers that caught their attention. The programs investigation team spent a week in Rock Creek Ohio a Hamlet of 6,000 people located about two hours North of Cleveland. When they finished they Quot a "1 were convinced that it was i Worth National to coverage and filmed the Story. A i went Back for the filming Quot she said. A it was difficult for my Mother to relive the events. A i was Only 8 months old at the time but i know the facts from my Mother and the research in be  Lewis said her a. Thor Robert Hamrick the Brenda Lewis Rock Creek police chief was investigating a car theft ring operating out of a warehouse. Lewis said that about two weeks before his death the 29-Ycar-old Hamrick received Calls warning him to drop the investigation. He was also threatened by the Rowdy element in the town. A but even the local police weren to interested in what was happening a she said. At 2 . On March 10, 1970, Hamrick a police car was found with the front end against a tree about 20 Yards from the main dirt Road. A i think my father probably did wreck his car that night because it was cold and icy a Lewis said. A but being an excellent Driver 1 done to think he would have hit a tree  Lewis said police found a Trail of blood from the nearby Woods to the car and assume Hamrick must have left his vehicle at some Point. He was found dead on the front seat of the car. Lewis said that before the Accident Hamrick was chasing a car and had phoned in the tag number to local police. After the Accident Noone could find a record of the Call. Hamrick had also asked for backup support but never got it. She said that she believes Hamrick left his car after the Accident to confront the Driver Only to find that there were four or five people in the car. A i believed they teamed up on him and beat him to death a she said. Lewis said she tried to get the Fri interested in the Case but they backed off when they heard there might be local police involvement. She said that when the to team hit the town some people shut up some talked. Lewis said she was optimistic about the to coverage. A who knows a she said. A maybe Well find some Justice. After  i Slavis july 21 1991 sunday a Page 15