At the scene where the rape was committed, DNA traces were found of a suspected perpetrator and the police produced a so-called perpetrator profile.
About 400 men were allowed to submit DNA samples by topping, but there was no hit.
This summer came the breakthrough.
A 39-year-old Swedish citizen had been arrested for a sexual crime in Germany and his DNA matched the child rape in Husie.
DNA cooperation between EU countries
- It is fantastic when that result dims down.
To now, like this for a long time afterwards, have the opportunity to get to the point, says chamber prosecutor Kajsa Kavallin.
The meeting became possible through a collaboration where the countries within the EU get access to each other's DNA registers.
- It's a fantastic means of proof.
My assessment is that the prospects that the man will be prosecuted in Sweden for the rape in Husie are good.