Overview
- The Federal Criminal Police Office launched the 'Spurlos verschwunden' publicity drive on May 25 to reopen long-term child-missing cases and spotlight Inga Gehricke.
- Authorities published previously unreleased photos and plan broad digital advertising and a TV segment to reach more witnesses.
- A special investigation team in Halle is working through roughly 4,000 logged leads, with about 260 cases closed and around 630 actively pursued, while the family-run portal inga-suche.de has supplied about 560 submissions.
- Investigators stress there is no concrete physical evidence in Inga’s case—no DNA, clothing or footprints—which makes new eyewitness accounts especially critical.
- Reports cite a reward of €25,000 for helpful information while one outlet has reported €50,000, a discrepancy officials have not resolved as investigators digitize and triage incoming tips to seek decisive new leads.