Former missing Mary-Jane: Suspect confesses to murder of 7-year-old girl in Germany

Suhl, Germany - A 37-year-old man has confessed to the murder of 7-year-old Mary-Jane, police in the eastern German town of Suhl announced Saturday, two weeks after her body was found.

The suspect, from the neighbouring town of Zella-Mehlis, has been charged with murder and sexual abuse, said chief prosecutor Bettina Keil.

Police arrested the man on Friday, after a DNA sample matched traces found at the site of the girl's body, and his alibi turned out to be false.

'There is now clarity over the fate of little Mary-Jane,' said detective chief superintendent Andreas Beez.

Prior to the murder, the unmarried man had befriended the family and visited their apartment several times, police said. Witnesses had spotted him observing children from his balcony.

The first-grader did not return home from school on June 24. A day later, she was found dead in a stream in a forest near her parents' home.

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