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DNA Match Leads to Arrest in 2017 Hesse Child Abuse Case

A routine match against the national DNA databank led to the suspect’s arrest this week

Fast acht Jahre nach einem sexuellen Missbrauch einer damals Elfjährigen in Hessen haben Ermittler den mutmaßlichen Täter festgenommen. Der heute 42-Jährige sitzt in Untersuchungshaft, wie Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft in Wiesbaden mitteilten.
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Overview

  • Regular comparisons of newly obtained DNA profiles with the national databank produced a hit linking the crime to a 42-year-old from Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis.
  • Investigators arrested the 42-year-old last Friday and seized evidence during a court-authorized search of his home.
  • He has been ordered into pretrial detention as prosecutors prepare charges based on DNA and witness statements.
  • In September 2017 the then-11-year-old victim was abducted from a school bus stop in Hünstetten-Limbach, assaulted at a nearby forest parking lot and later returned to her school in Idstein.
  • More than 1,000 public tips and coverage in national broadcasts kept the case alive until forensic technicians secured the decisive DNA breakthrough.