THREE THEORIES ABOUT THE PIECE OF FABRIC WITH DNA
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Theory 1: Pure coincidence
The DNA of Uwe Böhnhardt was not found on skeletal parts of Peggy, but on a piece of fabric that had been discovered near the spot where the bones were found.
The piece of fabric would have been part of a blanket.
Theoretically, it is also possible that in the meantime Uwe Böhnhardt had been hiding in the subsoil of that part of the forest part in the Thuringer Natur Park Schiefergebirge. A man from the entourage of the NSU is said to have used a forest hut near Rodacherbrunn.
Chemnitz, Jena, Zwickau - the whereabouts of Uwe Böhnhardt are only about an hour and a half away by car from the Waldstück near Rodacherbrunn.
Theory 2: Contaminated results
A quite conceivable scenario. The cases of Peggy and the NSU have a common interface at the Rechtsmedizinisches Institut of the Universitätsklinik Jena. Here the autopsy of body of Uwe Böhnhardt was done in November 2011 and the skeletal remains of Peggy were investigated forensically in July 2016.
Possibly DNA traces of Uwe Böhnhardt could have passed over a contamination to the piece of fabric from the location of the skeleton parts.
However, as BR Online reported, the legal physicians in Jena were only entrusted with the investigation of the skeleton of the girl, but not with the fragment of fabric, that carries the DNA traces of Uwe Böhnhardt. Moreover, in this case, Böhnhardt's DNA would have escaped every cleaning process regulated by strict requirements for five consecutive years.
However, Herbert Potzel, a senior prosecutor, did not yet want to rule out the possibility of contamination.
Such a calamity has already occurred before within the framework of the NSU investigations. In the case of police officer Michele Kiesewetter, who was murdered in Heilbronn in 2007, the police was searching for the "Phantom of Heilbronn" for two years.
The DNA traces of a mysterious woman were not only found at the Heilbronn crime scene, but also at 40 others.
It was only in 2009 that the DNA turned out to belong to an employee of the company that produced the cotton swabs used for tracking. The contamination had taken place during the packaging process. It is not impossible in the case of the DNA of Uwe Böhnhardt something similar has happened.
Theory 3: There is a link between both cases
It is not the first time that the name of Uwe Böhnhardt is mentioned during the investigation into the murder of a child. On July 6, 1993, the body of a nine-year-old boy was found on the banks of the Saale River in Jena. The case is still unresolved.
One of the main suspects of the prosecution was Enrico T., a friend of Böhnhardt.
T. had in turn pointed the finger at Böhnhardt during interrogations. As BR Online reported, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office confirms that Böhnhardt was also a witness at that time.
Moreover, the attorney of the family of one of the victims of the NSU stated that in the process files several acquaintances of Böhnhardt are connected with cases of child abuse.
For instance, a close confidant of Böhnhardt and head of "Thuringian Homeland Security" is currently behind bars with Tino Brandt on a long-term imprisonment for child abuse in 66 cases.
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was found on a computer belonging to Beate Zschäpe.
At the time, these charges were dropped, because they seemed minor in comparison to those of terrorism and murder. This all changed dramatically when Peggy's remains and the piece of cloth with DNA were found.
