On 27 March 2003 the body of a British student Jeremiah Duggan, was found at the side of a dual carriage way, five and a half kilometres outside the town of Wiesbaden in Germany.  Shortly before his death, Jeremiah made several telephone calls to his family and girlfriend indicating that he believed his life was in danger. Despite these phone calls, the German police decided almost immediately that this was suicide, that Jeremiah was hit and run over by cars and therefore closed the case far too quickly. The police took no formal witness statements, failed to investigate the full circumstances of this alleged "suicide", failed to hand over Jeremiah's clothes and shoes, failed to carry out a post mortem, failed to get a medical examination of injuries and failed to take notice of the parent's requests for a full investigation.

Sequence of events at the time of Jerry's death

Key events after Jerry's death

A Summary of the Inadequacies of the Investigation

Expert forensic evidence

Map of Wiesbaden where Jerry died: (click here for a larger image)