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Do you know this boy? Interpol expands investigations into children’s bodies from the Danube
Reconstruction of the head of the dead boy found in the Danube near Großmehring in May 2022.
© KPI Ingolstadt
The child’s body discovered in the Danube more than a year ago continues to puzzle the police. The reconstruction of the head did not bring the desired breakthrough – now the boy’s identity is being sought internationally.
The international police agency Interpol Request of the German police around the world for help in the case of a dead boy found in the Danube more than a year ago. “Someone somewhere knows something about this boy,” said Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock in Lyon on Tuesday.
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The body of the five to six-year-old child was recovered from the water near the town of Grossmehring in Bavaria in May last year – wrapped in plastic film and weighed down with a stone.
Watch the video: Children’s corpses in the Danube – Profiler explains the police procedure.
A specialized forensic pathologist modeled the boy’s head and face. The police are hoping for tips from the public. The boy is said to have been between the ages of three and seven, about 1.10 meters tall and weighing about 15 kilograms. He had blue eyes and dark blond to brown hair.
The investigators ask:
- Do you know the found child from the Danube and can you provide information on his identity?
- Do you remember a boy who fits the above description and haven’t seen him since early 2022?
The police distributed the wanted poster in train stations and on social networks, among other places
© Police Headquarters Upper Bavaria North
Interpol: Was the boy a victim of human trafficking?
Investigators suspect that the boy may have spent some time outside of Germany. A global appeal in the 195th Interpol member states should now clarify the question “whether he was a victim of human trafficking, kidnapping or violence,” as Stock explained.
Citizens who “can remember a missing child whose appearance or disappearance indicate a possible connection with the case” are called upon to contact the German police. The investigators also have hopes for the DNA tool I-Familia. It is intended to identify unknown corpses like that of the little boy using international DNA kinship comparisons.