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The bones of a student missing in Leipzig since 2019 were found by passers-by at the weekend.
Her remains were found in a forest area in the Saale Unstrut area in the Burgenland district, according to the public prosecutor in Leipzig.
There are currently no indications of third-party negligence.
The 23-year-old has been missing since September 25, 2019.
Shortly before the woman disappeared, she wanted to drive to a furniture store near Leipzig.
After her disappearance, the area around the shop was searched by a large contingent of police with sniffer dogs.
Three weeks after the student's disappearance, divers looked for clues in a pond and the Elster-Saale Canal.
Even then, the search for her was no longer limited to Saxony.
Photos of the missing woman were also posted in Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin.
A tracking dog had also led the police to Giebichenstein Castle in Halle (on the Saale).
There the woman had wanted to meet a friend at a university event.
According to the police, this meeting did not take place.
At the end of June last year, a video on the missing person case in Leipzig was also broadcast on the ZDF program »Aktenzeichen XY... unsolved«.
aeh/dpa