2026年8月18日 / 美国东部时间上午9:20 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
据德国新闻社德新社报道，一名81岁男子周二开庭受审时，承认了30多年前在德国性侵并杀害一名美国游客的罪行。
据该新闻社报道，根据德国隐私法规定，被告的姓名未被公开。他承认于1994年在德国西部城市科布伦茨杀害了24岁的艾米·洛佩斯。
检察官指控他“以卑劣动机、用阴险手段杀害他人，以满足其性欲”。
辩护律师福尔克尔·克莱因在科布伦茨地区法院的庭审中表示，被告对罪行供认不讳。当主审法官鲁珀特·施特林询问被告是否属实，这名81岁男子点头并回答“是”。
案发时间为1994年9月26日，当时艾米·洛佩斯以游客身份到访科布伦茨。
检方指控，这名男子案发时49岁，他以虚假借口将洛佩斯诱骗至科布伦茨埃伦布赖特施泰因要塞一处隐蔽房间内，随后据称用手铐将其铐住，实施性侵并在其胸部连刺九刀致其死亡。
科布伦茨检察院今年早些时候在一份声明中表示：“受害者遭勒颈、用石头击打头部，并被多次捅刺，最终导致死亡。”
据德新社报道，当洛佩斯试图反抗并大喊时，嫌疑人据称还用腰带将其勒死。
据当地当局消息，孩子们发现了她的尸体，当时她身体部分赤裸，头部有严重伤痕。
这起悬案数十年未能告破，直到调查人员利用新方法对旧DNA痕迹进行分析，最终取得突破。
检察官办公室表示，调查人员重新检查了洛佩斯的衣物，共分析了约1600份样本。2024年，即在洛佩斯被发现遇害的30年后，警方发现了一名男性的DNA痕迹，随后悬赏2500欧元征集有助于抓捕凶手的线索。
据检察官办公室透露，案件在真实犯罪节目《犯罪现场XY》中播出后，警方收到了更多线索。
该男子于2月底在科布伦茨地区一家养老院被捕，此后一直处于审前羁押状态。
庭审共安排了八个审理日，预计将于9月作出判决。
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32 years after American tourist Amy Lopez murdered in Germany, her alleged killer faces trial
August 18, 2026 / 9:20 AM EDT / CBS/AP
An 81-year-old man admitted to sexually assaulting and killing an American tourist in Germany more than 30 years ago at the opening of his trial on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reported.
The defendant, whose name was not given in line with German privacy rules, admitted to killing 24-year-old Amy Lopez in 1994 in the western German city of Koblenz, the news agency reported.
Prosecutors accused him of “killing a person in a treacherous manner and for base motives in order to satisfy his sexual urges.”
The defense lawyer, Volker Klein, said during the session in the Koblenz district court that the defendant admitted fully to the crime. When the presiding judge, Rupert Stehlin, asked the defendant if that was true, the 81-year-old nodded and said “yes.”
The crime took place Sept. 26, 1994, when Amy Lopez was visiting Koblenz as a tourist.
Amy Lopez Polizei Rheinland-Pfalz
The prosecution accuses the man, who was 49 years old at the time, of luring her under false pretenses into a secluded room of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz, where he then allegedly handcuffed her, sexually assaulted her and killed her with nine knife wounds to the chest area.
“The victim was strangled, struck on the head with a stone, and stabbed multiple times, ultimately resulting in his death,” the Koblenz Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement earlier this year.
The suspect allegedly also strangled Lopez with a belt when she tried to defend herself and shouted, dpa reported.
Children discovered her corpse, which was partially nude and bore severe head wounds, according to local authorities.
The cold case remained unsolved for decades until investigators analyzed old DNA traces using new methods, ultimately leading to a breakthrough.
Investigators re-examined Lopez’s clothing and about 1,600 samples were analyzed, the prosecutor’s office said. In 2024, 30 years after Lopez was found, police offered a 2,500 euro reward for information leading to an arrest after a male DNA trace was discovered.
More tips also came in after the case was featured on “Aktenzeichen XY,” a true crime program, according to the prosecutor’s office.
The man was arrested in late February at a nursing home in the Koblenz area and has been in pretrial detention since.
A total of eight trial days have been scheduled and a verdict is expected in September.
Defense attorney Volker Klein makes a statement at the regional court in Koblenz, Germany, Aug. 18, 2026, during a recess in the murder trial of an 81-year-old man admitted to sexually abusing and killing an American tourist in Germany more than 30 years ago. Thomas Frey/dpa via AP
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