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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Diana S. Identified as the “Girl from the Main”The 16-year-old was found in Nied on July 31, 2001; her father has been held in pre-trial detention since May 2026.
- 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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