Kunze, a 22-year-old student at the University of Münster, had planned to hitchhike to her mother's home after successfully passing her exam. A petite woman with shoulder-length dark hair, she was described as polite but wary of vehicles with non-local license plates. When she did not arrive at her mother's house at the appointed time, her mother called the police. In the evening, a driver passing near the Samerott, an impassable piece of forest near Burgsteinfurt, which encloses the former Germanic place of execution Rabenbaum, near Steinfurt recounted a strange experience he had: he later told the police that he drove behind a dark-gray limousine with "rear fins" (possibly a Mercedes) with a "BF" license plate, the driver of which was apparently looking for an entrance towards the forest. By his side, what appeared to the lifeless body of a woman was slumped at the passenger seat.
