“You requested in custody for 24-year-old rape”
“Assaulted 8-year-old girl – have been found through the relative’s dna”
“In ten years, the police Cold case team worked to solve the brutal attack on an 8-year-old girl in Billdal, Gothenburg.”
“But now – 24 years later – a man in his 60s has been requested in custody suspected of a crime.”
“He didn’t show up for the police topsning and was arrested in hawaii after an intensive reconnaissance work.”
“It was on 14 september 1995, as an 8-year-old girl was on the way home from school on the bike.”
“On a bike was attacked by a man who jumped out of the bushes and dragged her into the woods, where she was severely beaten in the face, and raped.”
“the Man then left the place running, and the girl managed to get to a major road in the vicinity where she was, bloody and undressed, got help from passers-by at a bus stop.”
“for nearly 24 years, police have worked to solve the case, which has long looked to be unresolved – even though the police had dna on gärningspersonen. In march 2020, the case the statute of limitations.”
“– It’s disgusting of course. When an 8-year-old girl, a completely disarmed little girl, happens here, ” said Anders Eriksson, group manager, police cold cases-group in the Western Region, to Aftonbladet in a story 2017.”
“Then had his group worked with the case since 2009 and had a total of 350 people topsats in the pursuit of the offender.”
“But now it seems the police have got a breakthrough in the high-profile investigation. “
“On the torsdagseftermiddagen arrested a man suspected of aggravated rape. “
“the Man, who is registered at an address in the west of Sweden, was summoned to the police for topsas but never showed up. “
“the Police, who then became even more interested in the man, went to his home but found the up After an intensive reconnaissance work he could during the Thursday arrest in oregon”
“the Man, who is in his 60s, was requested detained during Friday afternoon.”
“was Arrested after dna hit.”
“the Reason that the man could be arrested based on dna tracking. “
“The suspect, the man should have left the clear dna evidence at the crime scene in 1995, but then he won’t have been around in the registry there has been no comparative data. However, there was a relative of the man in the registry, and it was precisely the similarity between these dna who got the police to act.”
“Our request in the present case was treated as one of the first and we got the result almost immediately,” says Anders Eriksson. “
“the Prosecutor: Great success,”
“When the results of the National forensiskt the centre came in on Friday, it was clear that it was really 60-see her bold fashion dna that anträffades at the girl in 1995.”
“– It is a great success that we’ve finally managed to find him. So many years of dedication and work lies behind this. It feels very good that now we have come so far, ” prosecutor Thomas Ahlstrand in a press release. “
“Aftonbladet looking for the man’s defender. “
