He could understand the search as a game: Joe (8) from Oldenburg is still missing - the search dog strikes

Created: 06/22/2022, 04:46

Who saw the 8 year old?

The boy has been missing since June 17.

The Oldenburg police are asking for information.

© Police Oldenburg

A boy (8) from Oldenburg has been missing since Friday.

Joe has disappeared without a trace.

The Oldenburg police are looking for the child at high pressure and continue to ask the population for information.

• Missing person in Oldenburg: An eight-year-old boy has been missing since Friday (June 17, 2022).

• Police are looking for Joe with high pressure: #We are looking for Joe is the hashtag on social media.

• Where is Joe?

  The search for the missing child continues on Tuesday (June 21, 2022).

Update from June 21, 12:49 p.m

.: According to the police, the search for the missing eight-year-old from Oldenburg continues on Tuesday.

Joe has been missing for three days.

According to their own statements, the police are now evaluating video material and following up all leads.

The NDR reports that witnesses keep coming forward.

Sniffer dogs are also used again.

"Even today, our emergency services are looking for 8-year-old Joe.

We work through all the clues, evaluate video material and search different places with sniffer dogs," the police said on Twitter on Tuesday.

He could understand the search as a game: Joe (8) from Oldenburg is still missing – the search dog strikes

Update from June 21, 8:04 a.m

.: So far there is no trace of the missing Joe.

The boy (8) with his shoulder-length dark curls was last seen on Friday.

Since then, the police have been searching for the child with high pressure.

The police also use rescue dog squadrons and loudspeaker announcements.

Due to a mental disability, Joe could easily mistake the search for him as a game, police said.

A major search operation on Monday evening "unfortunately did not lead to finding Joe," the police wrote on Twitter.

And further:

"We say thank you to the many external forces for the active support!

We are continuing the further search measures at full speed.”

On Monday evening there seemed to be a hot track in the Woldsee area near Bad Zwischenahn.

The area was combed after a search dog struck there.

But the search initially ends unsuccessfully.

It should continue on Tuesday.

Boy from Oldenburg still missing – who saw Joe?

Original message:

Oldenburg – Who saw Joe (8)?

The boy from Oldenburg has been missing for three days.

The eight-year-old, with his shoulder-length dark curly hair, was last seen around 5:30 p.m. on Friday (June 17, 2022).

According to the police, the boy was in the area of ​​the former Donnerschwee barracks.

Oldenburg police are looking for missing eight-year-olds

The search continues, said a police spokeswoman for the dpa news agency.

Emergency services combed through several objects in the city on Monday.

After the police asked the public for help on Sunday, tips were received from the population, the spokeswoman said.

They had been checked, but the child had not been found.

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Joe must be found urgently "due to a mental disability and his young age," the police said.

Since the boy, due to his mental disability, could easily misunderstand the search for him as a game, the search would be supported by a rescue dog squadron and loudspeaker announcements, the police press release said.

When searching for the missing child, the police also turned to the population on Twitter with the hashtag #WirSuchenJoe.

"Unfortunately, the search for Joe last night was also unsuccessful.

But the search has top priority for us, we keep looking.

Please keep your eyes open," wrote the Oldenburg-Stadt police on Twitter on Monday morning.

An object in the north of the city was currently being searched with a large number of people (as of 1:56 p.m.).

Eight-year-old from Oldenburg missing – police description by Joe

Police describe the missing boy as follows:

• Joe is about 150 centimeters tall and slim.

• He has shoulder length dark curly hair.

• He wears a black vest, also with white writing, over a blue T-shirt with white writing.

• He's wearing dark pants and is probably barefoot. 

Missing person case: Police ask for help

The Oldenburg police are asking witnesses who can provide information about the missing eight-year-old or his whereabouts to call 0441 790 4115 or the police emergency number 110. 

Rebecca Reusch from Berlin has been missing for more than three years.

There has been no trace of the then 15-year-old since February 18, 2019.