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DNA links two Swiss killings exactly five years apart

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 10:59:36 +0100

Traces of DNA found at the scene of a double murder in the canton of Bern on December 15th 2015 match those found in the office of a Zurich psychiatrist killed in 2010 – also on December 15th.

Lucerne police: rapist who left victim paralyzed revealed a name

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:10:48 +0100

Investigators in the canton of Lucerne have released new information about the man who violently attacked and raped a 26-year-old woman in Emmen in 2015, leaving her paralyzed.

Savage crimes raise questions over Swiss DNA testing laws

Fri, 20 May 2016 14:27:32 +0200

Should Switzerland lift restrictions on detailed DNA testing in criminal cases? The question is once again on the political agenda after a personal plea from the partner of the woman murdered with her sons in Rupperswil.

DNA testing begins in Lucerne rape case

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:58:31 +0200

Police in the canton of Lucerne will carry out DNA tests on 372 men in an attempt to catch the perpetrator of a violent rape on a woman who was left paralyzed by her injuries.

Half of Swiss men share 'pharaoh gene'

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:53:00 +0200

Every second Swiss male is related to the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, according to researchers in Zurich.