Processes - Verdict expected almost 40 years after murder of 15-year-old girl
Almost 40 years after the violent death of a 15-year-old teenager from Lindenfels in southern Hesse, the verdict against the accused is expected this Friday (11.30 am). The 62-year-old, who has several previous convictions, is said to have pushed her into a forest in June 1986, threatened her with a knife, raped her and then stabbed her to death. The murder trial has been running since mid-November at Darmstadt District Court.
The 15-year-old had previously been on her way back to her parents' house from the outdoor pool. She was considered missing for a good year and a half before a walker found her skeletonized body in February 1988. The crime, which had remained unsolved for decades, had ended up with so-called cold case investigators from the police, who check unsolved murder cases for new clues and investigate them using new forensic technology. DNA from the accused was discovered during a re-examination of genetic traces on old evidence. According to previous information from investigators, he has been convicted several times for sexual offenses and other crimes.
The 62-year-old is only charged with murder because all other offenses are time-barred. According to German law, murder cannot be time-barred. The defendant remained silent at the start of the trial.
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- The murder trial, revolving around the death of a teenager from Lindenfels in Hesse, has been ongoing at Darmstadt Regional Court.
- The 62-year-old accused, with several prior convictions for sexual offenses and other crimes, is expected to receive his verdict for the murder this Friday.
- The Darmstadt Regional Court is set to deliver its judgments regarding the case of criminality involving the death of the 15-year-old from southern Hesse.
- The 15-year-old victim's murder, which took place in 1986 and remained unsolved for years, is now being addressed by Hesse's cold case investigators using advanced forensic technology.
- The unsolved 1986 murder case in Hesse, involving the death of a 15-year-old from Lindenfels, had eventually led to the accused facing trial for the charge of murder at the Darmstadt Regional Court.
Source: www.stern.de
