Overview
- Investigators said Thursday that modern DNA testing on a bloodstained blouse from the 1973 murder of 12-year-old Marion Baier produced a profile that matches DNA found in the 1981 killing of 13-year-old Sonja Hurler.
- Kripo Fürth has reopened the Baier file and formed a dedicated cold-case team led by Patrick Merten to work closely with Kripo Kempten and recheck leads and evidence.
- The task force has reviewed roughly 830 investigative leads in the Baier case and has already checked nearly 600 of them while continuing systematic DNA comparisons with past suspects and vehicle owners.
- A historic eyewitness report of a yellow Porsche seen near the Baier crime scene remains a central line of inquiry, but police efforts to trace 1970s owners are hampered because many old registration card files no longer exist.
- Police are appealing for public tips through media broadcasts and posters to help identify the DNA profile, which would bring answers for victims' families even if the perpetrator is deceased.