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Police officers in a forest near Kipfenberg: The search for remains continues
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26 years ago Sonja Engelbrecht disappeared without a trace in Munich, now there is movement in the case.
After a forest worker discovered a bone in a forest near Kipfenberg in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt, investigators have now found out that it came from the missing Engelbrecht.
That said a spokesman for the Munich police headquarters.
First of all, the »Bild« reported.
In April 1995 the then 19-year-old college student disappeared.
According to the police, Engelbrecht's partner at the time last saw her alive at the Munich tram stop at Stiglmaierplatz.
Thereafter there was speculation that the young woman might have been kidnapped and killed or sold to human traffickers.
But the missing person's case was never cleared up.
Tricky DNA analysis
Police are currently searching the forest about 100 kilometers north of Munich for further remains of the woman.
No statement can currently be made about the cause of death, said the police spokesman.
One suspects, however, that Engelbrecht fell victim to a violent crime.
According to the spokesman, the forest worker found the bone as early as the summer of 2020. Because the technical possibilities for typing DNA material are constantly developing, the bone could finally be assigned to Sonja Engelbrecht, who has been missing for 26 years.
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