Overview
- Investigators searched properties in Tauche and nearby Herzberg tied to the suspect’s grandparents using cadaver dogs, a digger and a drone.
- Authorities say traces were secured during the two-day operation and are now being analyzed, with no public breakthrough reported.
- Berlin prosecutor’s office spokesperson Michael Petzold urged the public to stop independent searches, warning they can destroy evidence and impede the case.
- Hobby investigators have built online communities that share tips, livestream searches and sometimes conduct their own digs in forests and ponds.
- A TikTok user known as “23” claims to have spoken with the suspect’s mother, a contact reported by media that cannot be independently verified.