Baden-Württemberg - Child found dead is missing two-year-old
The child recovered dead from a river in Bingen, Swabia, is the girl who has been missing since Sunday evening. This was confirmed by the police in Ravensburg on request. The two-year-old has been identified. The girl's body was discovered by a diver on Tuesday morning just before the entrance to Hitzkofen - a suburb of Bingen. Helpers have been searching for the missing two-year-old in the area since Sunday.
The search for the girl in Bingen in the district of Sigmaringen was continued on Tuesday with ten divers. The experts from the water police searched for the child in the ice-cold River Lauchert. According to a police spokeswoman, the divers came from the police headquarters. The DLRG was also involved in the search with a boat and sonar equipment.
The sonar search and the dives started early in the morning from the Hitzkofen district of Bingen downstream. DLRG and police officers also walked along the riverbank and searched in the undergrowth along the riverbank.
Rescue workers and police have been searching for the child in the village near the Swabian Alb since he disappeared. On Monday, police sniffer dogs picked up a trail of the girl that led to the river. The family home is located in the immediate vicinity of the river.
Divers had already searched for the little girl along the Lauchert on Sunday - without success. Divers were also in the water at a weir. The weir is located between Bingen and Sigmaringendorf, where the Lauchert flows into the Danube.
The two-year-old had probably left her parents' house in her pyjamas in an unobserved moment late on Sunday afternoon. So far, officials believe it was an accident.
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The search for the missing child expanded beyond Bingen, involving authorities from the nearby District of Sigmaringen. On Sunday, divers had initiated a search in the Lauchert River, but the child was not found. The district of Hitzkofen, a suburb of Bingen, is where the girl's body was discovered by a diver on Tuesday. The authorities in Ravensburg, situated in the state of Baden-Württemberg, confirmed the identity of the deceased child. The DLRG, a German water safety and lifesaving organization, also contributed to the search efforts with a boat and sonar equipment.
Source: www.stern.de
