The Bikla Brothers and Hinter Kieffek

Karl Gabriel was reportedly killed in action during the war eight years earlier. His body was never returned to Germany, and stories circulated of soldiers who faked their death to live under assumed identities. The theory was that Karl had done exactly that, but upon learning of the incestuous relationship between Victoria and Andreas, returned to Hinter Kieffek to murder the entire family. Other theories centered on Karl's family, that they carried out the murders for financial gain or revenge for their sons' unhappy marriage. Several locals expressed suspicion towards brothers Karl and Anton Bikla, well-known thieves who had worked at Hinter Kierfek during harvest seasons. One witness claimed Karl Bikla had