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Vuonna 2007 nuori saksalainen poliisi Michele Kiesewetter ammuttiin kuoliaaksi kesken työpäivänsä. Hänen työparinsa selvisi hengissä, mutta ei muistanut ampumisesta mitään. Partioautosta löydetty DNA johti naiseen, joka oli aiemmin yhdistetty jo kymmeniin rikoksiin kolmessa eri maassa. Epäilty sai lempinimen Heilbronnin aave, sillä hän onnistui välttelemään viranomaisia vuodesta toiseen. Häntä epäiltiin useista henkirikoksista, ryöstöistä ja lukuisista varkauksista. Jokaisella rikospaikalla oli yksi yhteinen nimittäjä: sama DNA, mutta muita johtolankoja ei ollut. Vähitellen viranomaiset alkoivat uskoa jahtaavansa kansainvälistä rikollisneroa. Jakso on tuotettu yksinoikeudella Podmelle. Lähteet: Germany's Phantom Serial Killer: A DNA Blunder https://time.com/archive/6946145/germanys-phantom-serial-killer-a-dna-blunder/ Germany's hunt for the murderer known as 'the woman without a face' | Life and style | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/09/germany-serial-killer Q-Tip-Off: Police Fear 'Serial Killer' Was Just DNA Contamination - DER SPIEGEL https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/q-tip-off-police-fear-serial-killer-was-just-dna-contamination-a-615608.html Serial Killer "The Phantom Of Heilbronn" Was Hunted For 16 Years. The Problem? She Didn't Exist | IFLScience https://www.iflscience.com/serial-killer-the-phantom-of-heilbronn-was-hunted-for-16-years-the-problem-she-didnt-exist-58551 BBC NEWS | Europe | 'DNA bungle' haunts German police http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7966641.stm German DNA Mix-up Ends Search for Suspected Killer https://www.abacusdiagnostics.com/DNA_Contaminated%20Swabs_abc_news.pdf The mystery of the Phantom of Heilbronn https://www.iso.org/news/2016/07/Ref2094.html#:~:text=Wilson%2DWilde%20explains%3A%20%E2%80%9CIn,of%20man%2Dhours%2C%20there%20were Der Ermittler-GAU https://www.fr.de/panorama/ermittler-gau-1-11488012.html Haare, Schweiß und Speichel - DER SPIEGEL https://www.spiegel.de/politik/haare-schweiss-und-speichel-a-2d3b824d-0002-0001-0000-000056388077 'Woman Without A Face' leaves German police in the dark https://www.smh.com.au/world/woman-without-a-face-leaves-german-police-in-the-dark-20081117-68dq.html "Phantom von Heilbronn" - Trügerische Fährte - Panorama - SZ.de https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/phantom-von-heilbronn-truegerische-faehrte-1.399094 Elusive Serial Killer: The Woman Without a Face https://www.suecoletta.com/elusive-serial-killer-the-woman-without-a-face/ Inside the Bizarre, 'Embarrassing' Case of the 'Phantom of Heilbronn' https://people.com/phantom-of-heilbronn-serial-killer-that-wasnt-germany-dna-mishap-8763448 Police Spent 16 Years Hunting a Serial Killer. Then They Discovered the Humiliating Scientific Truth. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70946052/serial-killer-phantom-dna/ Forensics firm investigated over DNA blunder in rape case | UK criminal justice | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/mar/09/forensics-firm-investigated-dna How Forensic DNA Evidence Can Lead to Wrongful Convictions - JSTOR Daily https://daily.jstor.org/forensic-dna-evidence-can-lead-wrongful-convictions/ In Germany, controversial law gives Bavarian police new power to use DNA | Science https://www.science.org/content/article/germany-controversial-law-gives-bavarian-police-new-power-use-dna Forensics: Germany considers wider use of DNA evidence in criminal cases | Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/543589b