32 years after American woman found murdered in Germany, DNA leads to an arrest: "Such cases are never forgotten"
CBS News • • general
Key Points:
- German police arrested an 81-year-old suspect in connection with the 1994 sexual assault and murder of 24-year-old American tourist Amy Lopez near Koblenz, Germany.
- Lopez's body was found partially nude with severe head wounds, and the cause of death was strangulation, blunt force trauma, and stabbing.
- Advances in DNA technology allowed investigators to re-examine evidence, leading to the suspect's arrest after matching DNA found on Lopez's jeans with a saliva sample from the suspect.
- The suspect had a prior conviction for attempted rape in 1999, and his DNA was previously on file but later deleted; renewed testing facilitated the breakthrough.
- Authorities emphasized their ongoing commitment to solving cold cases, with the
