A ten-year-old girl from the Sauerland region has been missing for more than a week - now there is sad certainty. The seekers have a suspicion.
- A ten-year-old from Menden in the Sauerland is missing .
- She disappeared from her parents' home on February 1st .
- The police have now found the girl.
Update from February 9 : How and why she died is still unclear. The ten-year-old from Menden in the Sauerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia, who disappeared for days, was found dead. The girl was discovered in a weir on the Ruhr on Sunday morning, the police said.
The girl had run out of the apartment on February 1st in an unobserved moment - probably barefoot and in pink pajamas. It was feared that the ten-year-old might have fallen into the Hönne River, which flows right next to the family home. A day-long, large-scale search with many volunteers and by helicopter was unsuccessful.
First report: girls from NRW disappeared since Saturday - police cancel search
Menden - Even four days after the disappearance of a ten-year-old girl from Menden in the Sauerland (North Rhine-Westphalia), there is still no trace of the missing child. Therefore, the police have canceled their intensive search , according to the German Press Agency. A spokesman for the police authority said on Wednesday that any new clue will be followed up immediately. However, no such reports were received . There are still no indications of the child's whereabouts. Police patrol officers repeatedly drove around the child's living area and a playground.
Missing case in the Sauerland: Police were deployed with a large contingent
At weekends and on Monday, the autistic child was searched with a large contingent - also by helicopter, drone, with sniffer dogs , police, fire brigade forces and hundreds of volunteers. The sniffer dogs had led the search teams towards the river at the weekend. The police initially did not rule out that the shy girl could be hiding.
On Monday morning, passersby in Menden reported a purple object in the river . The current was so strong that the emergency services were initially unable to reach the object. Specially requested flow rescuers could then fish the object out of the water at noon. It was a sleeping bag . On Tuesday, flow rescuers from the fire brigade once again found finds from the Hönne River several times, according to passers-by, but they had no relation to the girl .
The girl from the Sauerland had probably run out of the apartment barefoot
The child had run out of the apartment on Saturday in an unobserved moment - probably barefoot and in a pink pajamas . It was feared that it might have fallen into the river that runs right next to the family home.
Another missing person case went well in September last year: a 19-year-old from the Kronach district reappeared after having disappeared for days before. And a kayaker missing in the Everglades was found again.
In contrast, there is still no trace of Franco Rader from Bad-Tölz , who has been missing since the end of December. He is dependent on medication and his family is very worried.
dpa
