[1] His mother, who forbade him from going to grammar school despite his father's protests to this decision, later remarried, but Imiela had a poor relationship with his violent stepfather.
[2] At the time of the currency reform in Germany, Imiela found himself without any money, and asked to be housed in by a friend living in Marsberg.
After a year and a half, his marriage ended in divorce, but not long after, Imiela, still presenting himself as Holm-Menhardt, met and married Ilse Müssener.
Through his horoscope-selling services, he befriended 47-year-old Annemarie Schröder, the wife of a Frankfurt merchant, to whom he acted as a life coach for a monthly salary of 2,500 Marks.
[3] Eventually, Imiela was allowed to live in her rented villa in Marienuchter, near Fehmarn, where Schröder would later move in with her 75-year-old mother, Anna-Maria Kieferle.
One day, Imiela decided to accompany his wife on a visit to her rich aunt, 47-year-old Ilse Evels, with whom he got acquainted after the elderly woman complained about some payment issues.
By this time, Roland had noticed a change in both her fiancé and her cousin's behaviour, believing that Urte had developed a crush on Imiela.
[3] On April 23, 1970, both he and his fiancée were arrested on suspicion of fraud, and a few days later, the bodies of the Evelses were found in a sludge pit near Imiela's bungalow in Fehmarn.
[3] Police later interviewed a gas station attendant, who claimed to have been hired by the property owner to dig the pit, ostensibly so he could store the carcasses of the animals he killed in hunts.