Germany Nadine Hertel, 8, Leipzig, Germany, September 6, 1995

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1300DFDEU - Nadine Hertel

Name: Nadine Hertel
Case Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Missing Since: September 6, 1995
Location Last Seen: Leipzig, Germany.

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: March 23, 1987
Age: 8 years old
Race: Unknown
Gender: Female
Height: 130 cm (4'3")
Weight: 30-33 kg (66 – 70 lbs)
Hair Color: Short, dark blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Strong build.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of disappearance

Nadine Hertel is eight years old and lives in Leipzig. On June 9, 1995, the young girl and her parents attended a birthday party hosted by her 22-year-old aunt. Aunt Nadine lives in the Schleußig district, about two kilometers from the city center (southwest), in Könneritzstraße. The aunt's apartment is on the ground floor. During the reception, almost all the guests are gathered at the table in the living room. It is exactly 7:40 p.m. when Nadine asks Grandma Rita what time it is; hearing the answer, the girl says: "I'm going to the balcony at grandfather's" then leaves the living room. But Nadine does not reach the balcony. About twenty minutes later, the family realized that the young girl had gotten lost somewhere. Everyone starts looking for him, but in vain. They report your disappearance to the police.

Her aunt's apartment was in a building next to other buildings along the street. From the building you can go directly to the street or to the backyard; on this "backyard" side, there is a balcony where the grandfather lived at that time. Nadine probably didn't go out into the yard because her grandfather would have probably noticed her.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Leipzig Police
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: +49 341 966 3141

 

[John/Jane Doe]

1300DFDEU - Nadine Hertel

 

[ChatteringBirds]

This case really did deserve more attention. I only learned of it today, thanks to your post, @John/Jane Doe.

Here are some articles from German media. These are the main 2 mentions I'm finding in MSM. Not enough, IMO:

From 2007:
She's #9 on this list of missing children

Deutschlands vermisste Kinder

www.sueddeutsche.de

From 2015:

Als hätte sich die Erde aufgetan

Vor 20 Jahren verschwand die achtjährige Nadine Hertel spurlos – es ist einer von 30 ungeklärten Vermisstenfällen der Leipziger Polizei.

www.lvz.de

"The Nadine case is one of 30 unsolved missing person cases that were registered by the Leipzig police from 1987 to 2014....There are no longer up to 20 detectives working on the Nadine Hertel case, as was the case shortly after the student's disappearance...In the case of Nadine, “neither an accident nor a crime can still be ruled out...Over the past few years, around 100 tips have been collected about the missing girl, most of them in the period immediately after her disappearance...