DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a 66-year-old man in the the rape and murder of a German woman over 45 years ago when he was stationed in West Germany in the Army.
VERNON CENTER, N.Y. A Vernon Center man has been arrested and will be extradited to the Federal Republic of Germany to stand trial for the 1978 rape and murder of a German woman. Members of the U.S. Marshals Service arrested James Patrick Dempsey, 66, on Tuesday, Feb. 13. DNA evidence suggests Dempsey, then 20 […]
Getty ImagesWhen 35-year-old Bärbel Gansau was murdered in her sleep in June 1978, police were stumped.The killer entered Gansau’s ground-floor apartment in Ludwigsburg, Germany, about 10 miles north of Stuttgart, through the bathroom window, which witnesses told police she often left open to allow her cats to come and go as they pleased.Gansau, taken by surprise and unable to fight back, was stabbed 37 times, sustaining injuries to her neck, arm, and legs. She died, however, from a stab wound t
A 35-year-old woman in Germany was raped and murdered in the middle of the night nearly four decades ago. Thanks to DNA, authorities say they’ve finally found her killer.