Baden-Württemberg - Missing from her parents' house in her pyjamas: Police search intensively for two-year-old from Bingen
Emergency services continued a large-scale search for a missing two-year-old near Bingen in Baden-Württemberg on Monday. According to the police in Ravensburg, a police helicopter and sniffer dogs are being used to find the girl, who disappeared from her parents' house on Sunday afternoon and was presumably only wearing pyjamas.
"We're relaunching the whole thing and bringing in new police forces for today's search," said a police spokeswoman. Up to 80 officers are to comb the entire area around the family home.
+++ 2-Jähriges Mädchen vermisst +++ ⚠️#Bingen
🔴 Seit Sonntagabend wird ein 2-jähriges Mädchen aus #Hitzkofen vermisst. Die Suchmaßnahmen laufen in diesem Gebiet aktuell auf Hochtouren. 🔴
Wie sieht das Mädchen aus?
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— Polizei Ravensburg (@PolizeiRV) December 18, 2023
Child probably left parental home in Bingen in an "unobserved moment"
On Sunday, around 180 emergency services from the police, fire department, technical relief organization and German Red Cross had already searched in vain until late into the night for the missing toddler from Hitzkofen, a district of Bingen near the Swabian Alb. They also used drones with thermal imaging cameras and sniffer dogs. According to the police, boats and divers were also involved.
According to initial findings, the wanted child "presumably left the parental home in Hitzkofen in an unobserved moment" on Sunday between 4 and 5 p.m., officials announced on Monday. The criminal investigation department has taken over the case. Investigators are asking possible witnesses for information on the girl's whereabouts. The two-year-old is about 60 centimeters tall and has short, blonde hair and blue eyes. The parents have given these details to the emergency services.
They will "pull out all the stops" to find the toddler, the spokeswoman said. The police are particularly concerned about the weather conditions: due to the low temperatures, the child is in great danger.
Bingen is located in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg in the district of Sigmaringen between Stuttgart and Constance.
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The emergency search for the missing two-year-old continued on Saint's Eve, with over 80 officers joining the effort in Bingen, Baden-Württemberg. The police are treating this incident as an emergency situation due to the young child's vulnerable condition in the freezing weather. Parents have described their daughter as having short blonde hair and blue eyes, and she likely was only wearing pyjamas when she went missing on Sunday afternoon. Investigators are urging any potential witnesses to come forward with information to aid in the search and rescue mission.
Source: www.stern.de
