81-year-old confesses to German cold case murder of US tourist in 1994
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Amy Lopez, 24, from Texas was last seen alive on her way to a historic fortress in Koblenz almost 32 years ago A man aged 82 is facing a life sentence in prison in Germany, after going on trial and admitting to a murder that mystified the city of Koblenz for almost 32 years.
艾米·洛佩兹 (Amy Lopez)，24 岁，来自得克萨斯州，最后一次活着是在 32 年前，当时她正前往科布伦茨一座历史悠久的堡垒。 德国一名 82 岁男子在受审后承认犯有让科布伦茨市神秘了近 32 年的谋杀案，目前面临无期徒刑。
Amy Lopez from Texas was last seen alive in September 1994, heading for Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz while on a tour of Europe.
来自德克萨斯州的艾米·洛佩兹最后一次活着是在 1994 年 9 月，当时她正在欧洲巡演，前往科布伦茨的埃伦布赖特斯坦要塞。
Her body was found at the site two hours later.
两小时后，她的尸体在现场被发现。
Hans S, who was 49 at the time, was arrested at a retirement home in the area last February after a DNA trace found on Lopez's clothing was matched to saliva he had provided during a cold-case investigation.
当时 49 岁的汉斯·S 去年 2 月在该地区的一家养老院被捕，原因是洛佩兹衣服上发现的 DNA 痕迹与他在悬案调查期间提供的唾液相匹配。
His full name has not been revealed because of German privacy rules.
由于德国隐私规定，他的全名没有被透露。
Prosecutors believe the attacker met Lopez by chance on the steep path to the fortress.
检察官认为，袭击者在通往堡垒的陡峭道路上偶然遇到了洛佩兹。
They accuse Hans S of luring her into a secluded area beneath the fortress, known as the General von Aster room after a 19th-Century Prussian general.
他们指控汉斯 S 引诱她进入要塞下方的一个僻静区域，该区域被称为冯·阿斯特将军房间，以一位 19 世纪普鲁士将军的名字命名。
He is then alleged to have sexually assaulted and stabbed Lopez nine times. Prosecutors accuse him of murder and of "base motives to satisfy his sexual urges".
然后他被指控对洛佩兹进行性侵犯并刺伤洛佩兹九次。 检察官指控他谋杀和“满足性欲的卑鄙动机”。
The court was packed for the first day of the trial on Tuesday, an indication of the notorious nature of the murder in the Koblenz area of western Germany.
周二审判的第一天，法庭挤满了人，这表明这起发生在德国西部科布伦茨地区的谋杀案的臭名昭著。
The defendant entered the courtroom with a walking frame and, after his defence counsel said he admitted carrying out the crime, the presiding judge asked him to confirm that was the case, and he said "Yes".
被告人拄着助行架进入法庭，在他的辩护律师表示他承认犯罪后，审判长要求他确认是否属实，他说“是”。
Although an expert psychiatric opinion commissioned by prosecutors considers the suspect to have been criminally responsible at the time of the crime, a final opinion will not come until the end of the trial.
尽管检察官委托的精神科专家意见认为犯罪嫌疑人在犯罪时负有刑事责任，但最终意见要等到审判结束后才能得出。
Four years ago a trace of DNA was detected on fragments of skin found on the victim's trousers because of improved forensic techniques.
四年前，由于法医技术的进步，在受害者裤子上发现的皮肤碎片上检测到了 DNA 痕迹。
However, there had been little movement in the case for decades, until Koblenz authorities set up a special cold-case investigation team last year.
然而，该案几十年来一直没有什么进展，直到去年科布伦茨当局成立了一个特别悬案调查组。
There had been repeated appeals to the public and the case was even highlighted last year on a national TV unsolved crime show. Although several leads emerged from the programme, it was only when police began taking saliva samples from volunteers that they made an arrest at a residential home near Koblenz.
这一案件曾多次向公众发出呼吁，去年甚至在一档全国电视悬案犯罪节目中重点报道了这一案件。 尽管该计划中出现了一些线索，但直到警方开始采集志愿者的唾液样本后，他们才在科布伦茨附近的一处住宅中逮捕了嫌疑人。
Prosecutors spoke of a clear DNA match for one of the traces. Asked why Hans S had provided a sample, his lawyer told German news agency DPA that the case had "weighed heavily" on him and he had wanted closure.
检察官称其中一条痕迹与 DNA 明显匹配。 当被问及汉斯·S为何提供样本时，他的律师告诉德国新闻社德新社，此案对他来说“影响很大”，他希望结案。
The suspect had already been convicted of a sexual offence in 1999, but police at the time did not have sufficient DNA evidence to link him to the 1994 killing.
嫌疑人已于 1999 年被判犯有性犯罪罪，但当时警方没有足够的 DNA 证据证明他与 1994 年的谋杀案有关。
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