Genetic tests in murder inquiry

Rennes - Controversial genetic tests began yesterday on 170 men living in a Brittany village where a British girl, Caroline Dickinson…

Rennes - Controversial genetic tests began yesterday on 170 men living in a Brittany village where a British girl, Caroline Dickinson (13), was raped and strangled on a school trip last year. The tests, part of a court-ordered scheme to widen the murder investigation, targeted men aged 15 to 35 in the village of Pleine-Fougeres.

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