In the early evening hours of Easter Sunday, a child's lifeless body was recovered from the Lahn in Weilburg in Middle Hesse. As the police headquarters from Westhessen announced on Sunday night, it is very likely to be the six -year -old Pawlos, who has been missing there since March 25. According to the announcement, a canoe driver found the boy in the area of a river overpass on the federal road B456 and then alerted the police.
The fire brigade, emergency services and the police were immediately sent. However, an emergency doctor was only able to determine the child's death, it said. In the course of the criminal police, specialists in evidence and forensic medicine. Further examinations should clarify the exact circumstances of death in the next few days.
The boy was searched for almost four weeks in Weilburg. The first grader had disappeared from his special school after lunch. According to the state school office, there was no violation of the duty of supervision. At times, hundreds of emergency services from the police, fire brigade and aid organizations such as the German Red Cross and the technical relief organization searched for Pawlos.
Eurofighter, sonar boats, detection dogs
The area in and around Weilburg was searched in a structured manner, the police said. A Bundeswehr Eurofighter was also used in the search to deliver image material from the wider area. Sections of the Lahn were always searched. A sonar boat, especially for searching on the water, was used to search for cinemas and divers from the police and fire brigade.
There have been fears that the boy could have been accidental in the Lahn since the start of the search. Due to his autistic predisposition, the glitter of the water could be attractive to him, was the assumption.
The last reference to his specific whereabouts was a dashcam video that had recorded a car on the day of Pawlos' disappearance on Limburger Straße in Weilburg. It shows how a man leads a child from the busy street. The police confirmed that the boy in the video was the missing Pawlos. The man immediately informed the police. However, the boy ran away until her arrival. The place of recording is only a few meters from the shores of the Lahn.
