Missed 11-year-olds in Hilden: Girls returned safely!

Am 14.05.2025 kehrte ein vermisstes 11-jähriges Mädchen wohlbehalten zurück. Polizei und Öffentlichkeit danken für die Unterstützung.
On May 14, 2025, a missing 11-year-old girl returned safely. The police and public thank you for the support. (Symbolbild/NAGW)

Missed 11-year-olds in Hilden: Girls returned safely!

Mettmann, Deutschland - A positive ending took the search for an 11-year-old who had been missing since Monday evening, May 12, 2025. As KStA , the district police authority Mettmann hired the search for the search on 10:30 p.m. Returned child pedagogical facility. The extensive search measures initiated by the police found a happy ending.

The child had previously been reported to be missing, the reason for the police to take immediate measures. The officials turned to the public to receive clues that could have contributed to finding the girl. The return was registered with relief, and the police thanked everyone who was involved in the search.

search measures and police work

The case of 11-year-old is an example of the meticulous work of the local police departments. According to the information of the bka , a person is classified as missing if they remain distant from her place of stay and a danger to life or life is accepted. This is particularly serious for minors, since they are usually taken into state care if their stay is unknown.

The police record missing persons in the police information system (inpol), and in the event of acute danger, large -scale search measures are often initiated. In daily reports, such as that of a 16-year-old in Mettmann, who was missing in 2024, it is also evident that the search is successful in many cases. After a brief research, the young person was found safely with his family in Frankfurt, which underlines the efficiency of police work.

context of the missing persons

Statistically speaking, there were around 18,100 missing children in Germany in 2024, with 96.7% of these cases being informed by the end of the year. The BKA reports that more than two thirds of the missing people are male and that about half are children and adolescents. As a rule, over 80% of cases are also clear within one month.

A worrying trend is the increase in missing unaccompanied minor refugees (Um), which rose to around 4,300 in 2024. The most common cause of the disappearance of these refugees is leaving allocated accommodations. The reconnaissance rate in this area was around 79%.

The communicative cooperation of the population and the fast reaction of the police are crucial for the finding of missing persons. Again and again it becomes clear in cases such as the 11-year-old how important a close cooperation between the police and the public is.

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