20 years after attempted murder: Police desperately searches for the perpetrator!

20 years after attempted murder: Police desperately searches for the perpetrator!

police and investigative authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia take on a cold case from 2005, which remains unsolved to this day. The search for a suspected perpetrator who attacked a 23-year-old Oberhausener with a knife is now supported with a comprehensive public action. This is done, among other things, through the presentation of the search photo on digital advertising boards and on social networks. The local transport companies are also involved by radiating the picture on their scoreboards in order to make the population aware of. This reports Nordrhein-Westfalen/fahndung-taeter-foto-ufries-werbetlen-palkl.

The incident occurred in April 2005 when the victim was attacked in front of his apartment. At that moment the attacker asked the question: "Are you Dennis?" Before going on the 23-year-old with the knife. Despite the serious injuries, the man managed to withdraw into his apartment and lock the door. The victim's girlfriend immediately alerted the police and emergency services, so that the injured person could be saved. Although the homicide commission carried out initial investigations, this remained unsuccessful. Even when the victim recognized a man in a shopping center a few years later and identified him as the attacker, the trap could not be pursued further. At that time, the search ended without success, such as WDR.de summarized in a current report.

public search and digital support

Regardless of the long period of time, the Cold Cases investigation group of the Essen police headquarters hopes to finally hold the perpetrator. The search for the search extends over a week and provides to spend the search not only digitally but also on traditional search posters. The image of the alleged perpetrator was digitally reworked by the State Criminal Police Office in order to improve recognizability. Chief Criminal Investigation Commissioner Dustin Wisnewski expressed the desire that citizens could provide information in order to finally bring clarity in this old case. Land.nrw also emphasizes that a wide range of experiences of retired investigators is drawn to solve Cold Cases.

The project for the clarification of Cold Cases has already achieved success since its introduction in November 2021. Of the 1,143 Examined Cold Cases since 1970, it has been characterized that there are promising approaches to the perpetrator identification in 403 cases. The analogous and digital support of the search measure could make a decisive contribution to clarifying the Oberhausen case, in which there is a lack of specific indications.

cohesion of the investigative authorities

The initiative to resume Cold Cases and the cooperation between former police officers underlines the endeavor to clarify long -past cases with modern investigative means. Minister Herbert Reul had announced the second phase of this project, which serves the goal of integrating valuable know-how and new opportunities into the investigative work. This form of cross -border cooperation, coupled with the commitment of the local community, could not only lead to solving the current case, but also many other unexplained crimes.

The police call up all citizens to participate. Information can be given by phone or email to the police. Only through joint efforts is it possible to gain justice for past deeds and to give the victims the answers they deserve.