Overview

• Police said roughly 40 leads arrived after the case was featured on ZDF’s Aktenzeichen XY on October 8.
• The prosecutor stated that DNA recovered in a recent re-examination of the boy’s clothing is attributable to the perpetrator and can be used for profile comparisons.
• The Landeskriminalamt Cold Cases unit is reviewing the information and has not announced any arrests or named a suspect.
• Authorities are offering up to €5,000 for information and are seeking witnesses who were in the Thomaspark, Thomasstraße or Altenbraker Straße area on January 16–19, 1973, or who recognize the plastic bags linked to the case.
• Investigators highlighted longstanding evidence, including the body found near the Olympiastadion and clothing recovered in Britz, as well as an unmatched fingerprint from a 1973 bag.