Tag: Cold case
Plea about the Munich “New Year’s Eve Murder”: Life sentence or acquittal – no other punishment possible – Munich
Joseph W. sits in the dock almost like a Buddha: his arms in front of his stomach, his eyes closed again and again, he listens to the interpreter’s quiet words.…
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When he arrived at the Justice Department, Eric Dupond-Moretti had every intention of taking out of the cupboards the numerous files of unresolved cases which were sleeping under the dust…
Sonja Engelbrecht murder case: Munich police take DNA samples in Kipfenberg – Munich
Who killed Sonja Engelbrecht? Almost 30 years after the crime, the police are taking DNA samples from dozens of hunters and those authorized to hunt in Kipfenberg. Those who don’t…
Sonja Engelbrecht case: Search for murderers in Kipfenberg with cotton swabs – Munich
The Munich criminal police are not keeping the Sonja Engelbrecht case on file. On the contrary: 29 years after the initially untraceable disappearance and – as we now know –…
Würzburg: Two arrests in 25-year-old murder case – Bavaria
In the case of a murder of a Turkish innkeeper in Lower Franconia that has been unsolved for more than twenty years, the police have caught two suspects. As the…
New Year’s Eve murder trial in Munich: Who killed Josef B.? Briton charged after 45 years – Munich
Many witnesses can no longer be heard because they have already died. Most of the events and investigative approaches are recorded in thick volumes of files – and those are…
Murder 34 years ago: Police stop investigation into Klaus Berninger cold case – Bavaria
After a good two years of intensive new investigations, the murderer of the baker’s apprentice Klaus Berninger from Lower Franconia remains unknown. Because the police are unable to make any…
How a suspect was identified fifteen years after the murder
We had to wait fifteen years. An interminable duration for those close to Caroline Marcel. In 2008, this 45-year-old woman was found dead on the banks of the Loiret after…
South Africa reopens investigation into mysterious killings of anti-apartheid activists
This was a promise Nelson Mandela made when he was elected in 1994. His Truth and Reconciliation Commission offered amnesty to anyone who held accountable for their crimes. This commission,…
Cold case: DNA mass test aims to clarify the death of a 13-year-old
42 years after the violent act against Sonja Hurler in Kempten, the police hope to catch the perpetrator thanks to new forensic methods. The investigators are also relying on witnesses…