The 32-year-old man suspected of kidnapping 13-year-old Filippa in Denmark is also suspected of a seven-year-old case – Emilie Meng who disappeared from Korsør in July 2016 and was found dead later that year. Filippa, 13, went missing in the village of Kirkerup in Zealand on April 15 and was found in a property in nearby Korsør after a dramatic day of intensive searches. The 32-year-old man was arrested at the same address. – He is suspected of long-term detention and rape of the 13-year-old girl, says police inspector Kim Kliver. Suspect in the Meng case Filippa disappeared only 2-3 miles from where Emilie Meng disappeared. The police have investigated whether the two cases have connections. At the press conference, it is confirmed that the 32-year-old is a suspect in the seven-year-old murder case. – He is therefore suspected of rape, long-term detention and murder of Emilie Meng, says police inspector Kim Kliver of the Danish police at the press conference. He is also suspected of an assault on a schoolyard in Sorø, Denmark. The man was in previous material In the case of Emilie Meng, the police called for a bright Hyundai i30 just over a year after the murder. The car had been caught on a surveillance camera at the train station where Emilie was last seen. There were roughly 1,200 cars of that model in Denmark and the police say that they conducted investigations into people who owned such cars – and that the 32-year-old is included in the material. Danish BT reported earlier this week that Danish police had seized a car in Slovakia that allegedly belonged to the 32-year-old suspect at the time of Meng’s disappearance. The police are very tight-lipped about details of the ongoing investigation. They confirm that a car was seized in Slovakia to be examined by forensics, and that the suspect provided DNA samples. The text is updated.
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