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PSNI DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING the murder of Inga Maria Hauser 30 years ago have arrested two men on suspicion of her murder.
The men, who are aged 58 and 61, were arrested in the Loughguile area of Co Antrim early this morning.
The 18-year-old went missing after she arrived in Northern Ireland from Scotland on 6 April 1988. Her body was discovered two weeks later in a remote part of Ballypatrick Forest, near Ballycastle, Co Antrim.
Police believe she was subjected to a vicious assault, which left her with a broken neck, shortly after arriving by ferry.
Inga is described as having been a friendly and popular person by friends and family, someone with a keen interest in meeting new people.
The PSNI renewed their appeal for information last month. On 1 May they said they had received the results of further DNA testing and were “getting closer” to identifying suspects in the case.
Detective Chief Superintendent Raymond Murray renewed his appeal for information this morning.
“If there are any witnesses still out there with any further information which might help police then I would ask them to come forward now and speak to detectives,” he said.
Even if there are people who know what happened but have stayed silent out of friendship or family loyalty, it is still not too late to come forward and tell us what you know.
Superintendent Murray warned that withholding information can be a criminal offence.
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Hopefully they’ve got them and this brings some peace to her poor family.
Fantastic forensic work, justice at last for the poor girl
This has been a long time coming, lets hope we get to the bottom of this.
The advancement of dna profiling is amazing! Hopefully, a prosecution will result and give her family some degree of closure.
Excellent news ,the poor girl s family deserves closure
Delighted because they problem thought they had gotten away with murder.
I am surprised that they are allowing comments on this story as there is probably a court case pending.
@Frank McGlynn: apparently it’s a different country
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