Nuremberg police are asking for information about off-road vehicles when searching for missing persons

Alexandra R. from Nuremberg
Heavily pregnant woman missing for six weeks – police are looking for information about a black SUV

In the search for the heavily pregnant Alexandra R., who has been missing for weeks, an off-road vehicle is now the focus of the investigators.

The heavily pregnant Alexandra R. from the Katzwang district of Nuremberg has been missing since December 9, 2022 – the police are now pursuing a new lead in the case.

“The investigators of the special commission are specifically asking for information about a Range Rover that could be connected to the disappearance of Alexandra R.,” says a police statement released to the media this Friday.

The officials secured the heavy SUV. It is a black Range Rover model with the license plate part “N – RB …”. The investigators of the special commission are asking for information from witnesses who saw the car on December 9, 2022, a Friday, between 5 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the Europakai area on the Main-Danube Canal in southern Nuremberg.

As reported, the 39-year-old disappeared without a trace six weeks ago in the south of the Franconian city after taking her two-year-old foster daughter to daycare. Her partner reported her missing that same evening. Shortly thereafter, the police took over the investigation – unusually quickly for adult disappeared.

Nuremberg police suspect Alexandra R. of a crime in the missing person case

“Since the items left behind at the place of residence include cash and ID as well as the mother’s passport of the heavily pregnant woman, the officials now assume that Alexandra R. did not plan to leave the center of her life or did not leave voluntarily,” said a police spokesman at the time. In plain language: The officials assumed a crime. A suspicion that is still in the room today and is becoming more and more likely.

The missing person is about 1.65 meters tall, has brown eyes and half-length, dark blonde hair with a side parting. She last wore blue jeans, a black winter jacket and a light-colored scarf and black sports shoes with white soles. Despite a public search, the police still have no trace of the woman.

Eleven days after her disappearance, investigators contacted the public about a car. Information was sought on a mint green Renault Twingo with the license plate part “ERH – …”. It could also be related to the disappearance of Alexandra R., it was said at the time. In particular, the search was for evidence from witnesses who saw the car on the morning or mid-morning of December 9, 2022 on the A9 between Nuremberg and Munich.

In the search for Alexandra R., the police also used sniffer dogs at the place of residence, let drones fly and sent divers to search the Main-Danube Canal – without success. Even a mobile phone location did not bring the special commission any further.

The permanent criminal service takes information about the case on the telephone number (0911) 21123333 or any other police station – also under the emergency number 110.

Sources: Various press releases from the police headquarters in Central Franconia on the case of Alexandra R.