15 gendarmes will carry out a new sweep on the ground
While the last two searches did not uncover any clues, a new search will be carried out today, BFMTV learned from a source close to the investigation.
15 soldiers from the gendarmerie will carry out this research on the ground in the area where Lina disappeared on Saturday, between her home in Plaine and the Saint-Blaise-la-Roche station.
As for the divers, it is a team of gendarmes from Strasbourg who will probe the water points this morning.
Gendarmerie divers will be hired today to probe the bodies of water
As BFMTV learned this Wednesday morning from a source close to the investigation, divers from the gendarmerie will be hired from today to probe the bodies of water in the search area.
If their number is not yet known, they should start from the pond located near the cycle path, without us yet knowing precisely the time at which they will begin their mission.
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How many children disappear each year in France?
A report every 12 minutes. In 2022, more than 40,000 disappearances of children have been reported in France. Among them, 1,140 were described as worrying, as did the Saverne public prosecutor’s office after the disappearance of young Lina on Saturday in Bas-Rhin.
The overwhelming majority of these reports (95%, or 41,518) were runaways, including 36.9% of minors under 15 years old. According to the report, the share of minors under 15 years old increased by 3.6% between 2018 and 2022.
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Lina’s boyfriend reflects on the day she disappeared
Four days after the disappearance of the teenager, Tao, her boyfriend, spoke at the microphone of TF1/LCI this Tuesday evening. He received the last message from the 15-year-old girl on Saturday morning, at 11:20 a.m.
“It was a video of her and her outfit, she was happy to come, on the road,” he tells our colleagues.
The teenager had to take the train to Saint-Blaise-la-Roche to visit her boyfriend in Strasbourg, but she never arrived at her destination. “I called her mother before the train arrived in Strasbourg to tell her that there was something strange,” because the young girl no longer answered her phone.
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Four days later, Lina remains nowhere to be found
Significant resources were immediately deployed to try to locate Lina, who had been missing since Saturday. Telephone investigations were also launched.
A new hunt started this Tuesday, around 10 a.m. A source close to the investigation notifies BFMTV that some 380 people this time explored the area of the disappearance, supported by an aerial device.
As in previous days, the searches proved unsuccessful. No clue could be found.
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Hello, welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the disappearance of Lina, 15 years old, who has not given any sign of life since last Saturday in Bas-Rhin.