Anders concludes: Birgitte Tengs-the murder must be investigated on new – VG

It is possible to clear the 19-year-old murder of Birgitte Tengs, believe Kripos.

It will Cold Case-the group to put forward today at a press conference in Haugesund. In one year has Kripos’ special group for unsolved serious cases seen at the murder of Birgitte Tengs.

Cold Case-the band’s first case concludes: the Police should be implemented new investigation.

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Anders holds a press conference about their report in Haugesund at 12 o’clock. You can view it directly here on VG.

Background: What happened with Birgitte Tengs?

the Work of the Cold Case has not passed in directly politietterforskningen, but it’s more an analysis of the case documents, materials, and an assessment of whether the new technology can solve the case almost 20 years after.

There are, among other retained DNA material that they should try to test again. For around one year ago, the police in Haugesund this out, but it has not been analyzed in anticipation Kripos report. In addition, it is expected to carry out the new interrogation, VG enlightened.

Neither Anders or the police wish to comment before the press conference.

“Kripos will provide information about their work with the case and recommendations for further work in the South-West police district. Politidistriktet still have the formal etterforskings and påtaleansvaret in the case. The report is a straffesaksdokument and is not public. Etterforskningsmessige considerations will limit the information that can now be made known to the public”, states the press release.

Birgitte Tengs (17) was killed in California in may 1995. She never came home after been on a ungdomsstilstelning on a meeting house. Instead, she was found dead in a thicket next to a gravel road close by where she lived.

the Investigation used early DNA-technology, but after that this gave results, after two years, caught the police the jevngamle cousin to Birgitte.

After a very long and many undocumented interrogation where it was used controversial techniques confessed to his cousin to have killed Birgitte.

He was sentenced in the district court, but in the appeal frikjente the jury him. He was nevertheless condemned to pay damages to the Birgittes parents.