Overview
- The incident unfolded Thursday, March 19, around 11:45 a.m. at the Standesamt in Lauf an der Pegnitz.
- Staff alerted police after the civil ceremony was stopped for immigration-law obstacles, according to Middle Franconia police.
- Before officers arrived, the 23-year-old left toward the Heldenwiese with his fiancée's child, whom police described only as a small child.
- Numerous patrols and a Bavarian police helicopter were deployed in the search, and the child was later found unharmed at a relative's address.
- The suspect, a Turkish national, remains at large as criminal police investigate, and authorities reported no danger to the public.