BACKGROUND: Seven points that will help you understand Kristin case
Wednesday this week, his breakthrough came in an almost 16-year-old murder case. Police went to arrest a now 38 year old man for the murder of 12 year old Kristin Juel Johannessen in 1999. The man who is now charged with murder, is the same one that was convicted and later acquitted in 2003.
38-year-old is now produced for remand in Tønsberg. Police will detain the accused for four weeks because they believe there is still a risk that he might destroy evidence. Negotiations going on behind closed doors.
Explains behind closed doors
As expected, asked Lieutenant Torje Arneson and chief investigator Per Oskar Rønningen about closed doors and was upheld by the court. The request was also supported by the family’s counsel and the accused’s defense counsel.
Judge Siv Morrow justified it with the police to carry out new questioning in the case. The court fears that witnesses could be affected if they read about the contents of the remand hearing in the media.
– There are four belong seats in the courtroom and clearly not been made for that other than the parties to be present, says Aftenposten reporter on site, Hans O. Torgersen.
Torgersen says that the accused 38-year-old came to Tønsberg District Court in a fangetransportbil.
– He went almost huddled into the room and tried to hide his face.
Have used newly developed method of finding DNA evidence
Police said they made new DNA analysis of old evidence. The results of the new analysis was a complete DNA profile linking the accused to the murder.
– DNA technology is an area of great development. We have used a newly developed method to find a complete DNA profile. As far as I’ve understood it one and a half year ago, this method was first adopted, says Deputy Police Kjell Johan Abrahamsen told Aftenposten.
The main evidence when the accused were sentenced in 2001, was a hairs that were found at Christina’s shoulder. Analyses at the time showed that the hair strand with 98 percent certainty belonged to the man.
Two years later, DNA evidence rejected by an institute in Germany that concluded that the hair belonged to a woman. The man was therefore acquitted.
The police will neither deny or confirm that there is talk of new DNA analysis of the same hair strand. According to Aftenposten information are we talking about the discovery of DNA profile on “other biological evidence” than the hair.
– We’re not going to comment any more about this evidence, says Abrahamsen.
Police in Vestfold shall inform the press about the latest developments in the case at police headquarters in Tønsberg 15 o’clock Friday.
Examines seizure of another case
The police got in late May fully upheld in executing search warrants at 38-year-old residence, including his computer. The reason was that 38-year-old was suspected of drug offenses.
– Basically, it was an entirely different matter that had nothing with the murder case to make, says Abrahamsen.
Police said Aftenposten that they took fittings including male PC and phone.
– It is true that it was seized in the other case that we are now looking at in connection with the murder case, including some computers, telephone and so on.
– Is that investigations of this seizure that led to the arrest in the murder case?
– I will not comment, says Abrahamsen.
Police interrogated last night more witnesses in Kristin case. Abrahamsen would not comment on whether this is witnesses who have been part of the case earlier or not.
Defender: A new technical evidence
38-year-old maintains his explanation that he did not have had something to do the killing. He was Thursday afternoon in questioning, where police have presented what will be the police new evidence.
It’s only one, technical evidence, according to the defender.
– We’ve got some new information from the police that we need some time to go through. Police have stated that they have submitted, there exists new evidence in the case, said Hellenes, who will not comment on whether this is all about DNA.
The girl’s father, Roal Juel Johannessen, reports Aftenposten several of the girl’s belongings were never found.
The police conducted a new search warrant at the home of 38-year-old on Thursday. It is not known what it was seized.
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