Murder of Jestetten: Suspect denies crime in letter

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The suspect in the murder of Jestetten (D) denied the crime in a letter to his relatives, as announced on Tuesday at the Waldshut-Tiengen regional court. The court is expected to rule next week. “The killer is walking around outside while I am here in prison,” the suspect wrote after his arrest in June last year in a letter to his relatives, which the judge read out on Tuesday.

The letter goes on to say that he just wanted to go for a walk along the Rhine when this crazy young man came up to him. The man had a bag of drugs with him. There were other people, one of whom must have killed the victim later. He cannot explain how his own DNA traces ended up with the victim.

Persistent silence

Because the suspect had remained silent until now, the statements in the letter were his first statement that became known at the hearing.

The previous interrogation of the DNA expert did not provide any fundamentally new insights. She provided detailed information about the already known DNA traces that had been found. The Public Prosecution Service bases its accusation on, among other things, the suspect’s DNA traces, which were found on the enormous tree trunk book with which the victim was murdered.

Pants pulled down, DNA traces on penis

It is still unclear how DNA traces of the suspect were found on the penis of the murdered man. The victim, a 31-year-old man from the canton of St. Gallen, was found dead on the banks of the Rhine in Jestetten on June 9 last year – with his trousers and underpants pulled down.

It is still unclear what happened before the crime, for example whether there was sexual contact between the perpetrator and the victim or whether the perpetrator wanted to rob the victim.

The suspect is a 39-year-old man from Latvia. At the time of the crime, he was working as a laborer in Germany and working on construction sites in the region. He lived a few miles from the crime scene. He was arrested two weeks after the crime.

A ruling is expected next week

The hearing will continue next Monday. Another trial day is scheduled for Tuesday. The court is expected to announce the verdict on Thursday, the judge said.

The Public Prosecution Service is demanding a conviction for manslaughter. The defendant, who has been in prison for ten years for murder in Latvia, will be sentenced to fifteen years in prison. The subsequent preventive detention must also be investigated. (SDA)

Source: Blick