A 41-year-old from Brunsbüttel, who disappeared with her eight-year-old son, is apparently alive. According to police, she has reported to her niece and talked to her for nine minutes. She asked them about the status of the investigation.
The woman has been missing for days. On the previous Sunday evening, her 19-year-old daughter had alerted the authorities. Several rescue teams searched for her on the Elbe and on the banks of the Watt outside Brunsbüttel. Footprints in the watt, garments and shoes on a groyne had suggested that the woman and the boy had stayed close to the water, said the fire department at that time. No one was found.
Meanwhile, the investigators assume that they dived targeted. She had previously cleared her and her son's account, the police said. In addition, she had with the disappearance of her identity documents. She had already sold her car a few days earlier.
In addition, the woman would have to take a day after her escape a prison sentence of one year and six months. Reason were according to police several frauds. On Thursday, a witness reported to the investigators: The woman had wanted to sell him a few days ago stuff and mentioned that she wanted to settle.
"Relatively open again"
According to police, she did not say anything about her disappearance during the telephone conversation with her niece, nor did she reveal her whereabouts. She called with an unknown number. The niece did not recognize the number, said a spokesman. She could not tell if it was a cell phone or a foreign number. The phone number should be checked.
In the meantime, the media reported that the woman had left for Spain. The police said only that they have found that they have no relatives in the country. "Therefore, the location is relatively open again," it says in the police report.
