New DNA Evidence In Peggy Murder Suggests NSU Neo-Nazi Link

NORDHALBEN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 17: The memorial stone of Peggy Knobloch, a nine-year-old murdered in 2001, stands in the Protestant cemetery on October 17, 2016 in Nordhalben, Germany. German authorities announced Friday that recently-discovered DNA evidence possibly links Uwe Boenhardt, the neo-Nazi NSU member who participated in the six-year murder spree of nine immigrants and one policewoman, to the case. Peggy Knobloch disappeared on her way to school in 2001 and a mentally-handicapped man was later convicted of her murder, though he was released for lack of evidence after serving ten years in prison. Her body was finally found in 2015 and according to police DNA on a tiny piece of cloth found next to her remains is from Uwe Boenhardt. Speculation is now rife whether he might have killed her, as he was once questioned in another pedophile murder case. Also, Peggy's mother was a recent convert to Islam, which might provide a further motive for the killing. Boenhardt and Uwe Mundlos, both neo-Nazis, committed a series of bank robberies as well as murders of immigrants between 2000 and 2006 before the two men committed suicide after being cornered by police in 2011. Their companion Beate Zschaepe is currently on trial in Munich. (Photo by Jens-Ulrich Koch/Getty Images)