DNA evidence leads to arrest in cold case of murdered American woman

German police have arrested an 81-year-old man in connection with the 1994 sexual assault and murder of American tourist Amy Lopez, who was 24 at the time of her death. Advances in DNA technology facilitated the reopening of the cold case, leading to the suspect’s identification through a match with DNA found on Lopez’s jeans. The suspect, previously convicted of attempted rape, is now held in pretrial detention on charges of premeditated murder.

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