Overview
- Investigators collected thousands of swabs from locally invited men to compare against a male DNA profile found at the crime scene.
- Participation reached about 82 percent of roughly 1,800 invitees, according to the Stendal police.
- All samples were anonymized and sent to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Halle for forensic comparison.
- Police said lab findings are expected in about four to six weeks, which could identify a match or rule out participants.
- Men who were invited but missed the testing can arrange a separate appointment using the police contact number.