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Phantom Serial Killer May Not Exist: DNA Contamination
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by Jordan Yerman | March 26, 2009 at 05:52 pm
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She's gone from being Germany's most elusive serial killer to possibly not even existing at all. German police have been tracking a suspected female serial killer considered responsible for six deaths over the last 16 years, until contamination of DNA samples was discovered.
Indeed, DNA contamination was suspected a few years ago, but the proof is piling up, as you'll see via the link below.
"The woman without a face" might actually be a face without a woman.
Dubbed the "phantom of Heilbronn", the woman was described by police as the country's most dangerous woman.
Investigators had connected her to six murders and an unsolved death based on DNA traces found at the scene.
DNA contamination seems to have occurred at the earliest possible point: manufacture of the cotton swabs themselves.
Thousands of cotton buds are being tested for contamination and workers at the cotton buds factory are being asked to give DNA samples.
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at 23:11 on March 26th, 2009
That is interesting, Yet surprising that the cotton swaps where contaminated to that extend and over such a long period as well in view of the rather tight manufacturing regulations in place.
at 21:36 on March 27th, 2009
thanks cant wait to see how this all turns out.