Eleven-year-old missing in Bavaria: sect is said to have girls with them - riddle about whereabouts

An eleven-year-old from the Dillingen district did not come home after jogging.

The police went public.

Now the father's suspicions have been confirmed.

• The eleven-year-old Shalomah from the district of Dillingen is missing.

• The police are now looking for the girl with a picture.

• Sect reports: Missing eleven-year-olds apparently with their birth parents.

  (Update October 18, 9:08 a.m.)

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Update from October 18, 2:44 p.m.:

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reporter visited the Czech town of Skalna, where the sect "Twelve Tribes" now lives. According to his information, he was able to speak to a member of the sect. The young woman told the

that the police had already been here. “The family that is supposed to have the child has not lived here for about a year. We also don't know where to stay and we no longer have any contact with them, ”the woman is quoted as saying.

Update from October 18, 12:32 p.m.:

The investigations into the missing girl are still in

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As a police spokesman announced on Monday, it is now being checked whether the eleven-year-old is in one of the two sect communities in the Czech Republic.

It is still unclear whether the Czech police have already become active there.

The spokesman for the Presidium in Augsburg did not want to give details of the measures taken so far.

Because of the action taken by the authorities against the sect at the time (see update 11.18 am), the "twelve tribes" have moved to the Czech Republic.

In Bavaria, the sect was also prohibited from running its own private school for the children.

The sect "Twelve Tribes" made the headlines earlier because of allegations of beatings

Update from October 18, 11:18 a.m.:

The Augsburg police * now confirmed the receipt of an email from the foster father of the child.

A spokesman for the police headquarters in Augsburg told the dpa that the mail still had to be checked to see whether it was authentic.

The "Twelve Tribes" used to be settled in the north Swabian monastery rooms near Deiningen (Donau-Ries district).

The sect kept making headlines for seeing beating children as an appropriate method of parenting.

Eight years ago, the authorities took 40 boys and girls out of the community and placed them with foster families.

The "Twelve Tribes" then moved to the Czech Republic.

According to email from sect: girls apparently with biological parents

Update from October 18, 9:08 am:

As the BR reports, the eleven-year-old is apparently with her birth parents, who belong to the "Twelve Tribes" sect.

A member informed the foster father by email.

You shouldn't worry, the girl is fine, he wrote in the said mail.

The girl's foster father had already suspected that the girl was there (see previous update).

According to the new knowledge, the girl will no longer be searched for today.

Investigations are now in the foreground, said a police spokesman for the Dillingen criminal investigation department in relation to the BR.

In the course of the morning there will be more information.

Eleven-year-old from Bavaria missing: foster father has kidnapping theory

Update October 18, 6.21 a.m.:

Is Shalomah out and about with her birth parents?

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the foster father of eleven year olds has expressed this suspicion.

“It looks like Shaloma was most likely picked up by her parents.

She was jogging here on Saturday afternoon and didn't come back, ”he said on the record.

Shalomah has lived with the foster family for about eight years, but still has an emotional bond with her birth parents.

Günter S. therefore does not believe in a violent kidnapping: "I think that she got in voluntarily." Witnesses also observed that a strange car was parked in front of her school days before the eleven-year-old disappeared.

Shalomah's biological parents now live in the Czech Republic, but were initially not available to the police there

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Now the emergency services want to advise on further measures.

Missing girl (11) from Bavaria: the police are silent on cult rumors

Update, October 17th, 5:15 p.m.:

There is still no trace of the eleven-year-old Shalomah from Dillingen on the Danube.

The police had searched for the girl with a contingent of around 100 emergency services after she set out to jog in Holzheim on Saturday afternoon and did not come back in the evening either.

The girl’s biological family is determined, but an accident or a criminal offense cannot be ruled out either.

"It doesn't look like an outlier story," said Police Chief Inspector Markus Trieb.

Because at first it could not be ruled out that the girl's birth parents were connected to the disappearance, the Dillingen criminal investigation department also started an initial investigation.

The police did not comment on a report by Bayerischer Rundfunk that the parents belonged to the "Twelve Tribes" sect.

According to BR, the girl has been with a foster family for eight years.

Missing eleven-year-olds from Bavaria: Search ended for Sunday - without any clues

A search dog and a helicopter were also used in the search.

The search was over for Sunday, "unfortunately without success," said Trieb.

The police will decide on a new search if the investigation reveals new clues.

First report from October 17th at 2.30 p.m.

Holzheim-Eppisburg

- An eleven-year-old from the district of Dillingen * has been missing since Saturday (October 16).

The student went jogging and did not return.

A large-scale search was initially unsuccessful.

Now the police are hoping for clues from the population.

Eleven-year-old from the Dillingen district missing - around 100 emergency services looking for her

At around 3 p.m., eleven-year-old Shalomah Hennigfeld from Holzheim-Eppisburg left home to go jogging.

When she didn't return that evening, the family called the police.

The immediately initiated a major search.

Several strips checked the girl's usual jogging routes.

A police dog and a police helicopter were also used.

However, the search was unsuccessful.

On Sunday (October 17th) the search for the schoolgirl was resumed.

Around 100 police and fire services as well as a rescue dog squadron are currently looking for her.

At the same time, the officials decided to go public with their search for people.

They hope for help from the population.

Missing Girl: Eleven year old may have been abducted by her birth parents

The eleven year old is described as follows:

The police write in their manhunt that it cannot be ruled out that the birth parents may have had something to do with the disappearance of the eleven-year-old.

That is why the Dillingen police opened the investigation.

Anyone who can give information about the whereabouts of the girl should call (0 90 71) 5 60.