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Police seek murderer of 11-year-old girl
Published: 26 Mar 12 17:57 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120326-41579.html
German police are looking for a "young male, dressed in dark clothes" believed to have sexually assaulted and murdered an 11-year-old girl, who was found in a multi-story car park in Emden, northwestern Germany on Saturday night.
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"I can say that the crime was sexually motivated," said Brandt, adding that the exact cause of death is also yet to be disclosed, for tactical reasons.
"Our current investigations suggest the place the body was found was where she murdered," he added.
The girl, identified as only Lena, had gone out with a boy of the same age at 5 p.m. Saturday evening to feed ducks.
The pair had cycled into the car park, adjacent to a multiplex cinema, between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
A security guard discovered Lena's body a few hours later and alerted the emergency services, who failed in their attempts to resuscitate her.
The boy is still in shock, according to Brandt. "His testimony is still very fragmentary," he said. It remains unclear whether he saw the murderer, or whether they had been followed. He had gone home and told his parents that she was missing, who then contacted Lena's parents.
Police had kept the investigation secret until Monday for strategic reasons, but are now appealing for witnesses who may have seen the two children and anyone suspicious near them.
"We are at the start of our investigation," said Brandt. Video surveillance footage from the car park is currently being inspected.
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I hope this person gets caught and be given an exemplary punishment. Putting him to death is a safe way out for him, I want to see a very violent death for this monster.
My condolences for the girl's family.
As for giving him a fitting punishment, let's determine what that is. Death is right, but he will probably get 5 years actual time and be out before the girl would have turned 18. I wonder if the girls parents would ask fr leniency if there were a death penalty in Germany? Or, do they support one now? German Laws on such behavior set a bad tone. You can get more time for counterfeiting money than for murder- as crimes against the state have more weight and a heavier punishment than against humanity.
The death penalty is solely for revenge and will do nothing to bring this little girl back. The Germans seem to be handling things just fine in their society without the death penalty while the states is turning into a cesspool.
Just leave your condolences for the family and curb your bloodlust folks.