US teenager found in Warnemünde after hours
On Thursday morning, a young American cruise tourist named Aydin B., aged 14, disappeared in the Baltic Sea resort of Warnemünde. The search for him was initially unsuccessful, but on Sunday night the police made a breakthrough in the investigation.
The search for a 14-year-old American tourist, Aydin B., who had gone missing in the Baltic Sea resort of Warnemünde on Thursday morning, had a positive outcome. Aydin had left the Caribbean Princess cruise ship at around 7 am. His trail went cold, and he didn't return for the planned departure in the evening.
The cruise ship sailed on without the teenager. His grandmother, who had embarked on the journey with him, remained in Warnemünde. Intensive search efforts were also underway by the police. In Warnemünde, they used so-called "Mantrailer Dogs" to search for the missing boy. These dogs can reportedly distinguish different human scents from each other, even among the many tourists during the Warnemünde Week.
The criminal police evaluated both technical and human traces. They hoped to create and analyze movement images. However, attempts to locate his phone and a police inquiry with merchants, restaurant owners, and residents of Warnemünde yielded no results. The police also examined recordings from security cameras at the cruise terminal and the train station in Warnemünde.
On Saturday evening, the police made the relieving announcement: Officers had found the boy safely in Brandenburg around 10:00 pm. According to the police report, intensive investigations and the analysis of technical data had led the Rostock Criminal Police to the vicinity of Potsdam. The 14-year-old was with a 19-year-old, with whom he was supposed to have arranged a meeting in Rostock based on initial findings. The two were believed to have met through the gaming scene. No indications of a crime were reported at the current stage of the investigation.
No information was provided on when the grandmother and grandson would resume their journey.
After the relief was announced on Saturday evening, it was discovered that Aydin B., the missing 14-year-old American tourist, was safely in Brandenburg. This development in the investigation involved the collaboration of international law enforcement agencies, as Aydin was reportedly with a 19-year-old from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, sparking concerns about missing persons in both the USA and Germany.
