Baden-Württemberg
Search for missing two-year-old in Bingen continues
A two-year-old had probably left her parents’ house on Sunday afternoon in an unobserved moment. photo
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Police officers search the forest, forensic investigators search the parents’ house: the search for a child concerns much more than an entire village. Will the investigators discover any trace of the girl?
The search for a missing toddler Bingen near the Swabian Alb is scheduled to continue this Tuesday. A police spokeswoman announced that the water police would then be on site, among other things. To date, all searches for the two-year-old have been unsuccessful.
Police sniffer dogs picked up a trail of the girl on Monday that led to the Lauchert River. The family home is located in Hitzkofen – a suburb of Bingen in the Sigmaringen district of Baden-Württemberg – in close proximity to the river. It’s flooding these days.
According to the Presidium, the Sigmaringen Criminal Investigation Department also investigated the personal and local environment of the affected family in order to obtain possible new search approaches. “There has been no further information to date,” the officials said in the evening. “There are no indications of traces of violence,” said police spokesman Christian Sugg. The girl’s parents were staying with friends outside the community.
Two-year-old left home in pajamas
Divers had already searched for the little one along the river on Sunday – without success. The divers were also in the water at a weir. This is located between Bingen and Sigmaringendorf, where the Lauchert flows into the Danube. “We found no trace of the missing girl there,” said a police spokeswoman. The two-year-old had probably left her parents’ house in her pajamas in an unobserved moment on Sunday afternoon.
Officials assume it was an accident. As in similar cases, investigations are also carried out in other directions. “We are not only looking for the child, but we are also looking for clues as to where the child could be,” said a police spokeswoman.
The officers were also supported in their search on Monday by a police helicopter. In addition, family, acquaintances and friends were questioned. “It takes hours.”