Police are searching for Rebecca with dogs and helicopters
The Berlin police again searched on Tuesday for the missing 15-year-old Rebecca at Herzberger Lake in East-Brandenburg.
About 35 police officers and helpers were deployed there on Tuesday, a spokesman said. They were supported by tracking dogs and a helicopter. In recent weeks, men from the Technical Relief Agency (THW) were there when whole forest pieces were combed.
Rebecca Reusch: Leiche mit Hunden und Hubschrauber gesucht
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Interview | Ex-profiler about the Rebecca case"It's definitely too early to talk about a cold case"
For eight weeks missing from the 15-year-old Rebecca from Berlin every trace. Are the investigators stuck in a dead end? In no case, emphasizes the experienced profiler Axel Petermann in the rbb | 24 interview. He still sees some possibilities.
rbb | 24: Mr. Petermann, the 15-year-old Rebecca has disappeared for eight weeks, all searches have so far been unsuccessful, the investigation of the case stagnates. How do you assess the current situation, how far is the police from the solution of the case?
Axel Petermann: Of course that's difficult to answer. It seems that the brother-in-law of Rebecca continues to be suspicious. The only thing missing is the evidence - and I imagine that they will try to find new evidence against the brother-in-law, or have already checked forensic investigate, and then gain new clues for his perpetration. At the same time, of course, it's also about finding the place where Rebecca is either dead or hidden. Also this place could give indications to the perpetrator.
The investigators assume that Rebecca has not left the brother-in-law's home alive. Do you share this assessment?
The investigators will surely have good reasons to believe so. Of course, I do not know what they are fixing. Possible factors may be their behavior with the internet or cell phone calls. Or WhatsApp messages - or whatever was dropped off or received. On the other hand, it does not seem to be the case here that one has objective evidence that clearly demonstrates a killing.
A trace seems to have smashed, yes, the hair that was found in the trunk of the brother-in-law's car. Recently there have been reports that they are not from Rebecca. How do you rate that?
For the hair, it would have mattered how many hairs are. After all, people lose hair more or less every second. This is not necessarily an indication that Rebecca was being transported dead in the trunk of the vehicle. And if that is not the case anymore, then I am very surprised that there was wrong information. DNA results of a study can actually be available relatively quickly.
If you were to investigate now, what would be your next steps? Do you have an idea what exactly could lead out of this investigation back alley that there obviously?
I would deal with exactly what puts pressure on the brother in law. On the other hand, I would try to put aside everything that has been identified so far, and begin again with an entirely new assessment of the circumstances of the disappearance of Rebecca. Of course, this also includes the interpretation of the existing tracks.
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