‘Girl in the River Main’ Identified 25 Years on, Father Arrested
Public tips from the Identify Me appeal led investigators to identify the victim and arrest her 67-year-old father on suspicion of murder.
- A teenage girl found dead in the River Main in Frankfurt in 2001 was identified as Diana S., aged 16, after being missing for 25 years and showing signs of violent assault and long-term abuse including healed fractures, possible sexual abuse, and burn scars.
- Interpol's Identify Me campaign, launched in recent years, played a crucial role in solving the cold case by providing new leads that helped identify Diana and led to her father's arrest on suspicion of murder.
- Diana's 67-year-old father, a German citizen born in Pakistan, was arrested by German authorities and placed in pre-trial detention following the breakthrough in the investigation.
- Interpol emphasized the importance of public participation combined with forensic work and ongoing investigative efforts to solve long-unsolved cases like this one.
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The Interpol campaign Identify Me has identified a minor victim for the first time. It concerns a girl of barely 16 who was found in the German River Main in 2001. Her father was arrested last week, after 25 years, on suspicion of murder.
After almost a quarter of a century, the body of a girl nicknamed the "Mohan girl" after the place where she was found has been identified, the international police organization Interpol reported on Monday. The identification of 16-year-old Diana S. was made possible by the Identify Me campaign, coordinated by Interpol with the aim of restoring the names of women who have been murdered or died under suspicious circumstances in Europe in recent d…
‘Girl in the River Main’ identified 25 years on, father arrested
A teenager nicknamed “The Girl in the River Main” after her body was found floating in Germany a quarter-century ago bearing signs of abuse has finally been identified, leading to her father’s arrest, Interpol said Monday.
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LONDON/LYON: German authorities have arrested a suspect in a long-running cold case following the identification of a murder victim whose body was discovered in the River Main nearly 25 years ago. The teenage girl has been...
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