Police want DNA from 527 in school rape case

French police demanded that male students and staff at a school in western France — 527 people in total — give DNA samples as they searched for the assailant who raped a teenage girl.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2014 - 01:00

Lori Hinnant Paris

The DNA dragnet started in La Rochelle, and prosecutor Isabelle Pagenelle said so far no one had refused.

She had warned that anyone who decided not to give a DNA sample would be considered a suspect and could be taken into custody.

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Courts Place: western France Place: La Rochelle Place: France Person: Isabelle Pagenelle Person: Pagenelle Person: Chantal Devaux Person: Devaux Person: Guy Georges Person: Pierre Tartakowsky Organisation: Fenelon-Notre Dame high school Organisation: Roman Catholic school Organisation: French Human Rights League

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