New hope in the Ulla Lilienthal murder case: 40 years after the crime!

Ermittler suchen neue Hinweise im Cold Case Ulla Lilienthal, während ein Mordfall in Hamm klärungsbedürftig bleibt.
Investigators are looking for new information in the Cold Case Ulla Lilienthal, while a murder case in Hamm remains in need of clarification. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

New hope in the Ulla Lilienthal murder case: 40 years after the crime!

The search for justice in the Ulla Lilienthal case remains a central concern of the Hanover police, which has been trying to find answers for almost 40 years. Ulla, a 15-year-old student from Isernhagen, was found dead in January 1985. This tragic murder case has left many questions to date and is considered unsolved. Police commissioner Anabel Father heads the current investigation and would like to finally give the bereaved certainty. The circumstances of the death of Ulla Lilienthal are still mysterious and present the investigators with great challenges.

Ulla's body was discovered a good two weeks after their disappearance in a forest between Großburgwedel and Fuhrberg. Previously, her clothing, including a red sweatshirt with the inscription "Boston College", had been found in the adjacent forest. These clothing plays a central role in the investigation, but the suspicion of a suspect at that time was not hardened. Despite numerous obstacles, the Lower Saxony police have now received 20 new clues, which are evaluated by a newly founded investigative group. The result of this evaluation could possibly provide new approaches to track down the perpetrator, such as ndr.de reported.

Investigations and public relations

The search for the murderer is supported by a broadly created poster and flyer campaign in the municipalities of Burgwedel and Isernhagen. The police also offer a reward of 5,000 euros for information that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrator. This initiative comes at a time when the case was brought into public interest by the ZDF program "File number XY". The investigators hope that witnesses who may have information will report to the Hanover police service on the phone number (0511) 109-5555.

The Ulla Lilienthal case is not the only unresolved murder case in Germany that moves people. Well -known examples such as the Murder Fall Hinterkaifeck, in which six family members were brutally murdered on a farm in 1922, illustrate the complexity and tragedy of such crimes. To date, the Hinterkaifeck case remains unclear and raises many questions, from rumors to incest to suspicions towards neighbors. The parallels between these historical and contemporary cases show that the search for the truth can often continue for decades, as can also be seen

The investigators in the Ulla Lilienthal case cannot be discouraged by these challenges and do everything they can to finally give the relatives the answers they need. Every new hint could be decisive and throw the light on a case that has been working for the region for many decades.

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