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Historical robber 'Schinderhannes' clearly identified: Skeletons were mixed up about 220 years ago

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Researchers from Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Sweden , Portugal and the U.S. have solved the mystery of Schinderhannes and Schwarzer Jonas .

The two skeletons were mixed up at the beginning of the 19th century .

They have been part of the Anatomical Collection at the University of Heidelberg for 220 years .

Genetic analyses have shown that the skeleton of Black Jonas clearly belonged to Schinderannes .

More information: Walther Parson et al, Remains of the German outlaw Johannes Bückler alias Schinderhannes identified by an interdisciplinary approach, Forensic Science International: Genetics ( 2025 ). DOI: 10.1016 /j.fsigen.2025.103276 Provided by Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg.

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