Case Rebecca: Search ended with no apparent success
Policemen and THW focused their search for Rebecca on Lake Wolziger near Storkow - with no apparent success.
The Berlin police continued on Tuesday the search for Rebecca in a forest near Storkow. The police were assisted by forces of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW). The search focused on an area on Lake Wolziger, 50 kilometers southeast of Berlin.
The action in the forest near Rieplos near the motorway between Berlin and Frankfurt (Oder) was finished in the evening in the dark without any apparent success, as reported by local photographers. The Technical Relief Agency (THW), which had supported the homicide squad, also packed up. About the results of the action and a possible continuation of the search on Wednesday, initially nothing was known, as a police spokeswoman said. According to information from the Berliner Morgenpost, there were no new findings justifying the new search.
Rather, this is due to the exchange with other authorities, in this case the THW. The operation was supported by a tracking and salvaging squad of the THW from Steglitz-Zehlendorf, who are equipped with special technology.
The metrological location group (MTOG) of the THW district association was also used. This specialist group explores areas of damage and locates trapped and missing persons by means of technical locating devices, it is stated on the THW website.
According to a police spokeswoman on Tuesday, a total of 25 people were busy with the search. The police were investigators of the homicide, forensic technicians and four dog handlers on Lake Wolziger. Twelve specialists from THW supported the search, which lasted until dusk. At first, nothing was known about new findings in the case.
Already from Thursday to Saturday, police hundreds and experts with special cadaver dogs combed a forest in the area. The Wolziger lake is located near the forest and the adjacent small village Kummersdorf. Nothing was found. Information from the population led to the area near the highway between Berlin and Frankfurt (Oder).
As the "B.Z." reported on Tuesday, the investigators took on-site plaster casts of tire marks.
Rebecca: Polizei und THW suchen an See in Brandenburg