A boy from Oldenburg has been missing for over a week and has now been found.
Around 200 people had searched a field.
Update from June 27, 2:41 p.m
.: The missing boy from Oldenburg has been found: After eight days of an intensive search, a walker heard a soft whimper from the direction of a manhole cover on Saturday morning and dialed the emergency call.
When emergency services opened the heavy lid just a few hundred yards from Joe's childhood home, they found the boy.
According to police, he appeared unharmed but had a cold.
Sniffer dogs had also previously been deployed in the area.
Because the child likes to play hide-and-seek, a search was initially made for him in old clothes containers and under parked cars.
Based on a tip from a witness, the police even set up a homicide squad six days after Joe's disappearance.
Boy from Oldenburg found: Police are investigating how he got under the manhole cover
After finding the missing eight-year-old under a manhole cover, the police are investigating in different directions.
It is still unclear how the boy got into the sewer system, a police spokeswoman said on Monday.
The investigators are hoping for help in clarifying this question from a specialist company that sent a robot with a camera into the sewer system on behalf of the police on Sunday.
This should trace the path that the boy could have taken.
"The evaluation is not yet available to us," said the police spokeswoman on Monday afternoon.
According to her, the child is still being cared for in the hospital.
The boy has not yet been questioned by the police.
Boy still missing: Witness reports evidence - police have serious suspicions of crime
Update from June 23, 4:55 p.m .:
The police also use a murder commission to search for the missing eight-year-old in Oldenburg.
From information provided by a witness, the suspicion arose that the boy might have been the victim of a crime.
Investigated against unknown.
It is also said that the procedure on behalf of the Oldenburg public prosecutor's office would open up new possibilities for the authorities.
For example, data that would otherwise be lost could be backed up.
At the same time, however, an intensive search for the boy will continue, and the special organization set up for this purpose will remain in place for the time being.
So the police are working on two tracks for the time being.
First report from June 23:
Oldenburg – There has been no trace of little Joe from Oldenburg for about a week, and emergency services are still feverishly looking for the boy.
He was last seen on Friday, June 17, 2022. The people of Oldenburg are very concerned about the boy's disappearance, numerous people are voluntarily looking for Joe without stopping.
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Eight-year-old Joe disappeared: The police in Oldenburg have been looking for a missing boy for days.
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Boy from Oldenburg still missing: sniffer dog strikes - emergency services discover a footprint
As the dpa quotes a police spokesman on Thursday, the search will continue for the child: "We are following the clues that we get".
The boy, who has a mental disability, was last seen around 5:30 p.m. in the area of the former Donnerschwee barracks.
The police already emphasized in a first message that he could easily understand the search for him as a game.
Accordingly, the search is supported by rescue dog squadrons and loudspeaker announcements.
Countless volunteers have also been looking for the boy for days, and the drone group from the Ammerland district fire brigade also took part in the search.
According to indications, the boy could have stayed in Wehnen (Ammerland district).
As
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reports, among other things, witnesses are said to have given a hint of a strawberry field on Tuesday.
He was not discovered here either.
Missing Joe from Oldenburg: Numerous participants are feverishly looking for Joe
On Wednesday, a sniffer dog is said to have scented the boy's track in a corn field.
As picture reports, around 200 people are said to have gathered there immediately and looked for the little one.
A small footprint was discovered.
The forensics team should now check whether the footprint could have come from the missing person.
Missing Joe from Oldenburg: Who can provide relevant information?
The Oldenburg police are asking witnesses who can give information about the missing person or his whereabouts to report to the use and patrol service I on 0441-790-4115 or to the police emergency call 110.
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