Cold Case: Murdered Girl Identified After 25 Years:
Who is the "Girl from the Main"? And who killed her? Nearly 25 years after the murder ...
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Body in the Main River: Her name was Diana: In 2001, a dead girl was discovered in the Main River. For 25 years, no one reported the victim missing ...
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Cold case unit solves 25-year-old murder of the "girl from the Main": Diana S. was found in the Main River in 2001 - | wrapped in a leopard-print bedsheet ...
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Key FactsDiana S. Identified as the “Girl from the Main”
Aug 26, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
- Passersby found her body in the Main in Frankfurt-Nied on July 31, 2001, wrapped in a leopard-print bedsheet and weighed down with an umbrella stand.
- Tips from the public following the “Identify Me” investigation campaign launched 23 years later led to the victim being identified as Diana S. from Offenbach.
- Investigators suspect that Diana S.’s father killed his daughter after years of abuse, and he has been held in pre-trial detention since May 2026.
- Frankfurt’s Cold Case Unit has been a permanent part of the homicide division since 2019 and handles a high double-digit number of unsolved cases, mainly dating from the 1980s onward.
Knowing that the case is not forgotten is incredibly helpful for the relatives.— Criminal Chief Inspector Nikolai Ullmann, head of the Cold Case Unit at Frankfurt Police, on the importance for families that the case is not forgotten
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Cold case from Frankfurt: Murder of girl from the Main River solved: For decades, the case of the "Girl from the Main" was considered unsolvable. Now ...
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Key FactsCold Case Solved: Victim and Suspect Identified After 25 Years
May 18, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- The identity of the girl discovered in the Main River in summer 2001 was clarified after nearly 25 years.
- The 67-year-old father is suspected of killing his daughter with multiple brutal blows.
- Her body was wrapped in a sheet, tied to an umbrella stand, and thrown into the river, found on July 31, 2001.
- The breakthrough resulted from the international 'Identify Me' campaign, which renewed public attention to the case in October 2024.
Following several tips from the public, the investigations were carried out with unabated intensity, which has now led to the arrest of the suspect.— Statement by the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor's Office and the Hessian State Criminal Police Office (LKA), in a press release.
Cold case from Frankfurt: After 25 years, one's own father is suddenly arrested.
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Frankfurt: Dead woman identified after 25 years - | Father in custody: A body in Frankfurt's Main River baffled police for decades. Now, new leads have led ...
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25-Year-Old Cold Case: How Investigators Solved the Mystery of the "Girl in the Main"
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