A lawyer's crusade to bring the perpetrators of the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl came to an end with a court reopening the case in light of new evidence that led to the retrial of three suspects. The suspects will stand before a court today in the end of the sad but true story of Sezgi K. The teenage girl was found dead in the western city of Isparta in 2009, dumped in an empty lot. She was buried in a cemetery for people whose corpses are not claimed by their families, as she was mistaken for a missing prostitute at first, before her family managed to convince authorities to run a DNA examination of the unidentified body. But her case was eventually closed due to lack of evidence.Sibel Önder, the lawyer for the girl's parents, took the case and a formal investigation followed, but it was later closed after the coroner's office could not identify the cause of death and could not find any trace of rape, drugs or alcohol. Although prosecutors found suspects through the examination of security cameras near the crime scene who admitted meeting Sezgi K., they were released, as no evidence was found connecting them to her death. Önder ran her own investigation and found three men who befriended the girl on a social media website and tricked her into their house in the southern city of Antalya, committing the murder. She claims the suspects washed the body to wipe off the traces of rape. "We fought long for a new report by the Forensics Institute and it took a long time due to the red tape. The suspects even admitted to drugging her and giving her alcoholic drinks, but the lack of evidence led to the closure of the case," Önder said.The lawyer dug up new evidence as she ran her own probe and managed to find new witnesses. She insisted on a new autopsy on the grounds that the girl had a broken nose and pointed out to the statements of suspects admitting drugging the girl, though the autopsy could not find any traces of drugs. A more comprehensive examination by the institute confirmed her claims. Önder says the murder was not investigated thoroughly, as the victim was believed to be a missing prostitute at first. Now, four defendants, including a female relative of one of the suspects, will face trial.