I can't imagine what the little girls family is going through. Especially with learning that the police could have prevented her death. I can't imagine how the pedophiles parents are coping knowing they tried their best to get their son help and he ended up killing a child. That took a lot of courage for them to turn their child in. I applaud them for their efforts. I don't know how much more they could have done short of locking him up in his room. I pray for the little girls parents as they deal with this terrible tragedy in their family. I'm at a loss for words when dealing with the police's inaction. Rosie
'Child killer' told cops he was paedophile
Published: 4 Apr 12 10:00 CET
Updated: 4 Apr 12 14:11 CET
Updated: 4 Apr 12 14:11 CET
The young man
accused of sexually abusing and killing a young girl in northern Germany
turned himself in to police four months ago for undressing and
photographing a seven-year-old girl – but nothing was done.
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His mother had discovered him as he took photos of the young girl, and he then spent two months in psychological treatment.
But although police planned to visit his home at the end of the year, officials never got around to it, they admitted in a press conference on Tuesday.
Criticism was immediate and harsh, with Rudolf Egg, director of the national centre for criminology, saying the man should not have been ignored. “In the interest of victim protection, one cannot let someone like that simply go,” he told TV show Tagesthemen on state broadcaster ARD.
Not only did police fail to act on the information he volunteered, they arrested a different teenager after 11-year-old Lena was found dead in a car park in Emden.
Enough information was released about the innocent boy that locals identified him, he faced online threats of violence, and fled the small town.
On Tuesday Friedo de Vries, a deputy police chief from Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, said the 18-year-old had not only admitted killing Lena, but that he had been known to police since last September, when he was reported for owning child porn, Der Spiegel reported.
Two months later the man officially reported himself to the police, admitting that he had taken pictures of naked girls, and owned child porn.
He said that he was actively trying to combat his paedophilic tendencies and was seeking treatment. His approach to the police was intended to draw a line under his problem.
But though a decision was made to go and search the man’s flat, this was never done, de Vries admitted. He said an internal investigation would now be undertaken. “Simply the fact that this could happen is so serious that I want it explained immediately,” he said.
Police divers have been searching local ditches for evidence in the Lena killing, though police would not say what they are looking for.
They did say that they had found evidence in the suspect's flat that linked him to the car park where the 11-year-old’s body was found. They also found evidence linking him to an attempted rape last November.
The Local/DPA/DAPD/hc
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10:35 April 4, 2012
by The-ex-pat
On the other hand, had he confessed to not paying his tax last year, he would already be doing 15 years!!!!
11:47 April 4, 2012
by MaKo
Unbelievable. Makes you wonder who else might be prowling the streets,
uninvestigated. Germany must do better by these children.
14:23 April 4, 2012
by Gerd1965
I would call those dumb-ass bumbkin cops in my native language
"Torf-Spacken". Go to the "Baumschule" and learn a job that fits to you.
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