Police confirm death of missing 25-year-old: autopsy of body completed

Created: 08/12/2022 05:03

By: Markus Christandl, Magdalena Höcherl, Franziska Konrad, Timo Aichele, Bastian Amann

Friends and family of Tobias D. from Eichenried have been worried since Friday evening.

The 25-year-old disappeared at the Brass Wiesn Festival - now he has been found dead.

Update from August 10, 2:24 p.m .:

Thousands of people shared Tobias D.’s fate on social networks.

His girlfriend now says thank you.

Update from August 10, 4:43 p.m .:

As reported by the police in Upper Bavaria North, the autopsy of Tobias D., who was found dead, has been completed.

Even after the forensic medical examination, the investigating criminal police in Erding found no indication that third parties might have been involved in the circumstances of the death.

The investigations are ongoing.

Update from August 10, 1:55 p.m .:

There is now sad certainty: The dead man found in Lake Eching is undoubtedly the missing Tobias D. “Yes, that’s confirmed,” said a spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North on Wednesday the dpa.

The autopsy of the body is scheduled to begin later this afternoon.

"But we are still assuming an accident at the moment," emphasizes the spokesman.

Tobias D. found dead: police confirm identity beyond doubt - autopsy starts in the afternoon

There has been no sign of life from the 25-year-old since late Friday evening.

On Tuesday, a swimmer found a body in the middle of the small lake, which he brought to shore with the help of two women.

Since the appearance and clothing matched, the police very quickly assumed that it was the missing person.

Now came the sad confirmation.

Update from August 9, 11 p.m

.: The search has come to a tragic end.

The missing Tobias was found dead in Lake Echinger.

Update from August 9, 1:20 p.m .:

The search operation of the riot police has begun.

About 70 officials are initially concentrating on the festival site.

They march in rows across the deserted square and examine, for example, tents that have been left behind.

25-year-old disappeared: 70 police officers are looking for the festival site

The private search for Anna L., the girlfriend of the missing person, continues.

Among other things, the volunteers are looking for Lake Hollern, three kilometers from the festival site.

However, this pond is to the west, Tobias D.'s place of residence is 15 kilometers to the east.

That would not fit the scenario that the drunk 25-year-old might have tried to walk home.

However, the traces confirmed by search dogs indicate that Tobias could have gotten into a car.

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Update from August 9th, 9.50 a.m .: There

has been no trace of Tobias D. for four days now.

The search for the 25-year-old continues today.

"The riot police will once again search the area around the festival in a very targeted manner," says Andreas Aichele, press spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North, when asked by

.

Officials are currently on site.

A helicopter squadron and officials from Erding and the surrounding departments should also support the search.

The missing Tobias from Eching is dead. © Wilms/PI

25-year-old missing after festival: riot police are looking for the area around the festival

Anna L, the friend of the missing person, also called for a joint search for her boyfriend on her Instagram account.

"To everyone who wants to help: We'll meet at the Hollerner See parking lot from 9 a.m.," reads her story.

Another post shows that L. is already at Hollerner See.

So far, the police have received isolated tips from people who Tobias D. visited during the festival on August 5th.

and also want to have seen on 08/06/22.

The police are investigating these tips, but so far they have not provided any information about the whereabouts of the missing person.

Update from August 8, 4:31 p.m

.:

25-year-old Tobias D. from Moosinning has been missing since late Friday evening.

Already on Saturday the police started with extensive search measures.

25-year-old missing: police continue search

The missing person's mobile phone had been unavailable since around 10:30 p.m. on the day he disappeared and has been switched off or without a power supply to this day.

According to the police report, it was last logged into the festival area, according to the police evaluation of the network operator.

The officials also checked a possible automated location history of the mobile phone via cloud storage, but without further knowledge.

The Neufahrn Police Inspectorate is continuing its search measures and is once again being supported by the police helicopter squadron and forces from the central supplementary services in Erding and the surrounding departments.

The relatives are currently being cared for by a crisis intervention team.

Update from August 8, 12:28 p.m .:

Eleven forces from the IHV eV search dog squadron tried to find a trace of the young man on Sunday evening and on Monday night with seven dogs.

They met relatives of the missing Tobias near the festival site.

"And an odor object was handed over," reports Jenny Füchsel, squadron leader of the Freising section.

The dogs picked up the smell and marched north along Heidestrasse, into the town.

The team was here for four and a half hours.

Then the track was lost and the dogs were tired too.

25-year-old missing after festival: search dog unit in action

"The young man had been missing for more than 40 hours at that time," says Füchsel.

It is very difficult for the animals to pick up a scent that is more than 24 hours after they have disappeared, "if not almost impossible, you actually have no chance".

Especially since the circumstances on Friday evening, at the time of the disappearance, were very complex: many visitors, rain, damp ground.

An intensive search for the missing person is still being carried out via Facebook.

Apparently he was "heavily drunk" and injured and was last seen around 11 p.m. at the entrance to the campsite when the site was cleared on Friday evening due to the storm.

Echinger are now asked to search garages and barns.

Other festival-goers should check their smartphones and cameras for photos of the missing person.

Original notification from August 7, 2022:

Eching/Eichenried

- 25-year-old Tobias D. from Eichenried wanted to celebrate with two friends at the Brass Wiesn.

According to the police, he has been missing since Friday evening.

Around 9 p.m., the friends lost sight of each other.

A little later, the phone contact broke off.

Eichenried: 25-year-old missing after festival

That evening, the entire festival at Echinger See in the Freising district was canceled due to a storm.

Thousands made their way home.

From then on there was no trace of the 25-year-old, on Saturday the friends reported him to the police as missing.

Search calls are also circulating on social networks.

Extensive search measures with the support of a helicopter, the water rescue service, the fire brigade and the rescue dog squadron were unsuccessful until the early hours of Saturday morning.

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