Hesse interior Minister Peter Beuth calls with a view to the investigation into the murder case, Lübcke longer storage periods for DNA data. The period should be extended from 10 to 25 years, said the CDU politician on Monday in Wiesbaden, Germany, and announced plans to bring the issue to the Minister of the interior conference this week in Erfurt to the language.
“the importance of storage periods, shows the cowardly murder of our district President Dr Walter Lübcke,” said Beuth. After the fact, a DNA trace had led to the alleged perpetrators, Stephan e.. The reference trace of DNA would, however, need to according to Beuth, according to the current laws, a few months after the murder, will be destroyed. “Without this track, the fact would be elucidated and might never,” said the Minister of the interior.
the extension of The storage period of DNA would give the authorities a longer adjustment possibilities. “In this way, the work of the investigators can be facilitated, even many years after a criminal case is significantly accelerated.”