Missing 13-year-old girl from Blieskastel found safe, police end public search

Missing since Monday afternoon

The 13-year-old girl was due to take the train home from her school in Blieskastel on Monday afternoon, but she never arrived at her relatives' home. Every trace of her was lost from about 13.30, and her family reported her missing. Focus gives the school's location as St. Ingbert, while the other outlets place it in Blieskastel.

Police in the Saarpfalz-Kreis opened a search and asked the public for tips. A police spokeswoman told Bild that the girl had not arrived at home and that the search would use every available unit. Police were also considering a mantrailer dog, which tracks people by their scent. Police described the girl as reliable and said she had never been missing before.

Description and appeals

The girl is about 1.65 metres tall and slim, with dark brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. When last seen she wore a black jacket, blue jeans and Vans shoes with a tiger pattern, and she carried a backpack. Police at the Homburg station asked anyone who had seen her to call 06841/1060.

Found safe

The girl has since been found unharmed. Police ended the public search for her, and according to the police there had been no indications of a crime. The reports do not describe her condition in more detail.

Separate case in Berlin

Several outlets linked the case to a separate case in Berlin, where a 13-year-old girl had disappeared on her way to school and was found dead in an isolated house a day before the Blieskastel report. A 22-year-old German has been arrested and is strongly suspected of killing her. The Blieskastel search was widely discussed against that background, and the girl was found safe before the evening.