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| German Police Hunt Serial Criminal Whose DNA Found At 39 Crime Scenes |
| 2009-03-26 |
| Police in Germany hunted a sinister phantom killer for two years after finding the same DNA at 39 different crime scenes. The case was one of the most puzzling in recent times. Hundreds of detectives in six specialist committees were set to work hunting the ominous female serial killer. But there was no progress, despite investigators finding her DNA at so many crime scenes. The police were stumped. They eventually offered a 300,000 euro reward to find the killer. Police linked the killer to seven murders. The most notorious case was in April 2007 in Heilbronn where a 22-year-old policewoman was shot dead and her colleague (25) seriously injured. On the back seat of the police car, detectives found what they thought was DNA from the mysterious killer. As part of the investigation, 800 previously convicted women were questioned - but there was no match to the sample. Her DNA was found over and over again: in bottles, tank lids, on bullets – and once even on a biscuit! Traces were found in southern Germany, Austria and France. Thousands of saliva tests were taken but there was still no answer. In April 2008, detectives ran out of ideas, so an internal inquiry was launched. The source was a woman who made the cotton buds used to collect the DNA samples. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 Almost a shaggy dog story. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-03-26 19:12 |