Chief Inspector Angelika Schnell (Born Zuhlehner) is head of the Homicide Division in Vienna. She is divorced and has two children, Kathrin and Jan. Schnell is very empathic. In daydreaming, she often sees murder victim in their actions in various places that have to do with the victim or the deed. In the course of the seasons the daydreams extend themselves on personal feelings and sometimes Angelika projected on the body of the victim. The break between daydream and reality is often only apparent at the end of the scene. Directly, she works with district inspector Harald Franitschek. / Executive Assistant Maja Landauer works in the Office and researched the background information. VB Kemal Öztürk is the IT specialist and is responsible for the evaluation of computers and mobile phones. A relationship between the two also privately develops in the run of the series. After work these four people meet at a Chinese take-out, and not at a hot dog stand, as would be the cliche for Vienna. / Coroner is Dr. Stefan Schnell, Angelika's ex-husband. They have a friendly relationship. The children live primarily with her mother, because of work though they often need to arrange the childcare between them. Here comes, sometimes, Stefan's mother into the game, she and Angelika doesn't really have an understanding.