- Jules Mikus
Jules Pierre Nicholas Mikus (born 1959 [ [http://www.safe-nz.org.nz/sxdb/mikusjules.htm Sensible Sentencing NZ Jules Pierre Nicholas Mikus ] ] ) is the convicted killer of six-year-old,
Teresa Cormack , who was murdered the day after her birthday inNew Zealand in 1987. He has also committed other sex crimes when he was a teenager [ [http://www.safe-nz.org.nz/sxdb/mikusjules.htm Sensible Sentencing NZ Jules Pierre Nicholas Mikus ] ] .The day Cormack's body was found,
pubic hair s andsemen were found on the body. However,DNA testing was not advanced enough to find the girl's killer. Mikus had been questioned by the police and even gave samples of hissaliva andblood . He provided an alibi for the time of Cormack's abduction and was excluded as a possible suspect in the murder.The case was re-opened in 1998 and new testing was done at a crime lab in the
United States . The hairs found on Teresa's body matched the samples Mikus had given to police. He was arrested in February of 2002. He pleaded not guilty to Teresa's murder, however, a jury found him guilty ofkidnapping ,rape ,sexual assault andmurder .References
External links
* [http://www.safe-nz.org.nz/sxdb/mikusjules.htm Jules Pierre Nicholas Mikus]
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=2998270 Justice For Teresa]
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=2998264 Missing clues gave Cormack killer 15 years of freedom]
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