Germany Arian Arnold, 6, vanished whilst playing in the garden, Elm Northern Germany, 22 April 2024

[FromGermany1]

1200 forces today.

 

[Rhenish]

I sure hope they find this little boy alive and well. Very sad and scary.

 

[seasideForest]

Here some photos of the search, not all from today.
www.fr.de/panorama/bremervoerde-suche-polizei-einsatz-bilder-vermisst-arian-fotos-zr-93032724.html

At photo 22 according to a report from media N-TV Arian's footprints were found during Wed/Thurs. night, where particularly his toe prints were clear. The footprints are following the River Oste, going north. Also, dogs are reported to have picked up a scent (it sounds like near the footprints).

At photo 24 they mention divers searched a pond or some such small body of water but nothing new discovered.

Edited with some new information.

 

[FromGermany1]

TV 10pm:
The big search operation is now being stopped.
Investigators will only follow up on new leads that come in.
The boy was not found.
-.-.-

Vermisster Arian: Polizei über den möglichen „Hintergrund“ – und ein erhofftes „Wunder“

Der sechsjährige Arian bleibt verschwunden. Zahlreiche Einsatzkräfte waren eine Woche lang auf der Suche. Die Großaktion ist nun beendet. Der News-Ticker.

www.merkur.de

Can't link the Google translation, sorry.

 

[FromGermany1]

Vermisster Arian (6) aus Bremervörde ist Autist - so sollten sich Helfer dem Jungen nähern

Die Ergotherapeutin Jutta Berthold berät die Einsatzkräfte auf der Suche nach dem verschwundenen Arian aus Bremervörde. Der Sechsjährige ist Autist und erlebt seine Situation wohl anders als Nicht-Autisten.

www.ndr.de

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Missing Arian is “probably not afraid of the dark”​

As of: April 29, 2024 9:41 a.m

The six-year-old perceives things differently because of his autism, said occupational therapist Jutta Berthold to NDR Lower Saxony. She works for the Lebenshilfe Bremervörde/Zeven autism outpatient clinic and advises the emergency services on the search for Arian. The six-year-old will probably not have the fears that non-autistic people of the same age feel, said Berthold. These include fear of the dark, the forest or scenarios about what could happen. "This conserves the resources it has, meaning it doesn't use up any energy that would be valuable for survival outside," said Berthold.

Can't link my Google translation, sorry.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

TV 10pm:
The big search operation is now being stopped.
Investigators will only follow up on new leads that come in.
The boy was not found.
-.-.-

Vermisster Arian: Polizei über den möglichen „Hintergrund“ – und ein erhofftes „Wunder“

Der sechsjährige Arian bleibt verschwunden. Zahlreiche Einsatzkräfte waren eine Woche lang auf der Suche. Die Großaktion ist nun beendet. Der News-Ticker.

www.merkur.de

Google translation

It seems like they should continue searching the river and shores, at least smaller teams, but I am not a river-searching expert. This could be another case where a child just got further than assumed possible- either on foot or (sorry to say) carried by a river.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Vermisster Arian: Das sollen besorgte Privatpersonen jetzt nicht tun

Das Schicksal des vermissten Arians bewegt Menschen bundesweit: Doch was eine Gruppe Freiwilliger für den Mittwoch plant, lehnt die Familie des Jungen ab.

www.t-online.de

"An acquaintance of the family, who had repeatedly posted messages from Arian's parents on Facebook in recent days, has now called on [private] volunteers to stop their search... The concern: Search parties roaming through the region could drive the boy even deeper into hiding, as Arian, who is autistic, is considered to be extremely shy of people...."

Also some volunteers have become injured while searching.

5 LE investigators are "currently evaluating clues and traces and is trying to put forward hypotheses...Arian may have fallen into the Oste river, said the spokesman. The flow rate is high..."

 

[dalsglen]

This is so sad. They had SO many searchers out fast, definitely how searches should be done. I was so sure he would be found. Seems he's in the river, as is the usual case sadly.

 

[FromGermany1]

Vermisster Arian: Polizei spricht über möglicherweise tragische Nordsee-Theorie

Seit dem 22. April gilt der sechsjährige Arian als vermisst. Neue Erkenntnisse sind mittlerweile rar, Ermittler skizzieren ein mögliches Szenario.

www.fr.de

Missing Arian: Police talk about potentially tragic North Sea theory​

Was standing:May 10, 2024, 4:57 a.m

Google translation, excerpt:
The starting point of the investigation is the recording from a surveillance camera that shows Arian after leaving his parents' home in Bremervörde -Elm. The autistic boy was walking into a forest area in a sweater and socks. One theory from investigators is that Arian fell into the Oste River , which was searched over a length of over twelve kilometers. Footprints leading along the river were also discovered. According to the investigators, these could have come from Arian. If the scenario played out like this, he could even have been driven into the North Sea.
As investigators explained on May 1st, the flow speed of the Oste had recently been very high. In addition, the Ostesperrwerk is open, which is why the boy could have drifted away unhindered. It is only 45 kilometers to the Elbe and thus to the North Sea. As police spokesman Heiner van der Werp recently estimated, a piece of wood would have drifted out to sea within ten hours.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Vermisster Arian: Frau meldete Entdeckung auf Webcam – Polizei-Großaktion folgte

Die große Suche nach Arian im Gebiet bei Bremervörde ist bereits beendet. Nun scheint es auch ein zeitliches Limit für die Ermittler zu geben, berichtet die Polizei.

www.fr.de

(Summarized by me):

Update from May 8, 2024: After a woman watching a live-stream of the Oste reported seeing something in the river (about 30 km. away from Bremervörde), the police and fire department searched the river by dog, drone, and helicopter again.

Unfortunately nothing was reported found.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Searching is continuing.

Neuer Fokus bei Suche nach vermisstem Arian: Polizei konzentriert sich auf spezielle Geländeabschnitte

Die Polizei startete am Donnerstag erneut eine Suchaktion nach dem vermissten Arian aus Bremervörde. Ziel waren schwer zugänglichen Uferbereiche der Oste.

www.fr.de

On Thursday, the police launched another major operation...to search a 70-kilometer-long section between Bremervörde and the mouth of the Oste into the Elbe...Special attention was paid to shore areas that are difficult to access by boat...

 

[FromGermany1]

Arian not found.
In 2 weeks the investigation team will be disbanded.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Sad morning.

"A farmer found the body of a child in a meadow in the Lower Saxony district of Stade, where the missing boy Arian was being searched for."

Nach Untersuchung kein Hinweis auf Verbrechen - verstorbenes Kind wohl Arian

amp-focus-de.cdn.ampproject.org

Found yesterday around 4:30 pm...

 

[LadyL]

Sad morning.

"A farmer found the body of a child in a meadow in the Lower Saxony district of Stade, where the missing boy Arian was being searched for."

Nach Untersuchung kein Hinweis auf Verbrechen - verstorbenes Kind wohl Arian

amp-focus-de.cdn.ampproject.org

Found yesterday around 4:30 pm...

very sad
hope they catch whoever did this

 

[iamshadow21]

very sad
hope they catch whoever did this

From the article, using Google Translate:


The police have several theories about what might have happened to Arian. The most likely explanation is that Arian had an accident without anyone else being involved. What speaks against a criminal case is that the emergency services found small footprints on the Oste, which probably came from Arian.

As far as I can tell, it's a very familiar story that has no outward malice involved. Arian was a young autistic boy who went on an adventure into the world, succumbed to the elements or to a fall or to water, and didn't come home. As a fellow autistic person, every single time, it breaks my heart.

MOO

 

[Sleuthine]

The farmer that found the body while mowing the grass doesn't understand why the search troops didn't see the child (who is presumably Arian) in their previous searches: "They were everywhere there."
"„Ich wusste sofort, dass es der Junge ist“, sagt der Landwirt, der die Kinderleiche entdeckt hatte, der Deutschen Presse-Agentur (dpa). Er habe das Oberteil erkannt. „Die sind da überall gewesen“, wundert sich der geschockte Mann, dass die Polizei nicht vorher schon auf die Leiche gestoßen war."

Vermisster Arian ist tot: Ergebnisse der Obduktion da – Polizei mit neuer Aussage zur Todesursache

Nach dem Fund einer Kinderleiche im Kreis Stade ist nun klar: Arian ist tot. Der Fundort ist nur wenige Kilometer von seinem früheren Wohnort entfernt.

www.fr.de

I don't know. This is a red flag - child could have been placed there.

 

[FromGermany1]

The farmer that found the body while mowing the grass doesn't understand why the search troops didn't see the child (who is presumably Arian) in their previous searches: "They were everywhere there."
"„Ich wusste sofort, dass es der Junge ist“, sagt der Landwirt, der die Kinderleiche entdeckt hatte, der Deutschen Presse-Agentur (dpa). Er habe das Oberteil erkannt. „Die sind da überall gewesen“, wundert sich der geschockte Mann, dass die Polizei nicht vorher schon auf die Leiche gestoßen war."

Vermisster Arian ist tot: Ergebnisse der Obduktion da – Polizei mit neuer Aussage zur Todesursache

Nach dem Fund einer Kinderleiche im Kreis Stade ist nun klar: Arian ist tot. Der Fundort ist nur wenige Kilometer von seinem früheren Wohnort entfernt.

www.fr.de

I don't know. This is a red flag - child could have been placed there.

On TV they said, search crews had to the location, Arian was found, 3 times!
I also think, he was later placed there.
Yesterday they said, the cause of death was still unknown. An obduction is carried out, at least.

 

[FromGermany1]

Just on TV:
Obduction done, no third party fault (statement by PO).

 

[leonm]

Confirmation.

Police confirm after autopsy: Child's body from the field is Arian

Everything indicated that the child's body found on Monday in a field in the Lower Saxony municipality of Estorf was the missing Arian. Now – after the forensic examination in Hamburg – the police have officially confirmed this. The child's body is six-year-old Arian from Bremervörde.

The autopsy of the child, who had been missing for more than two months, found "no evidence of criminal acts" and there were no signs of a crime. To protect the family, investigators did not disclose the cause of death.

Source: Bild (in German)

[Edited to add some extra text]

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Sincere condolences to his family. I don't think this was anyone's fault. Sometimes kids get lost in nature for too long. IMO it could happen in any of our families.