Germany's Most Elusive Criminal

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Sometimes it's the simplest things that lead to the largest problems.  This would be the case, police believe, in Germany.  For over a decade they had thought that they were tracking a criminal that was responsible for over 40 crimes, including six murders; based on the same DNA profile.  Or a long, long time ago a worker in the factory that manufactures the cotton swabs they use to test DNA forgot to cover her mouth when she sneezed.  Oops!

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