Re: In today's news...
In the 21st century, two criminal cases in Germany stood out above all else.
In 2001, 9-year-old Peggy disappeared on her way home from school. The police quickly zoned in on a mentally handicapped man and got a confession from him - however, it turned out they coerced and pushed him into making a false confession so one of the higher-ups could report a quick success for a nice career boost. Ever since then, barely a year went by without some form of development making waves in the news. However, Peggy's body wasn't found until earlier this year, confirming that she was indeed murdered.
The National Socialistic Underground (NSU) was a right-wing extremist terror cell, consisting of two men and one woman. They weren't uncovered until 2011 and were subsequently linked to several murders and bombings, the targets of which were almost exclusively immigrants. They operated with the help of a tightly-knit support network of Germany's neo-nazi community, several of which were actually police informants that neglected to mention the cell's existance to their contacts.
This Friday, DNA of one of the terrorists was found on a scrap of cloth from near Peggy's grave, linking two of Germany's biggest criminal cases.
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