Overview

• Authorities conducted a large technical operation with 115 officers, including BKA staff, using a small excavator, drones, video equipment and ground‑penetrating radar, with tracking dogs on site.
• Police paused the search in the afternoon and plan to resume on Tuesday, with interviews of local residents to follow as potential witness work.
• Investigators have not disclosed whether the search yielded any findings.
• Rebecca disappeared on 18 February 2019 from Berlin‑Britz after staying at her sister’s home, and she has not been found.
• The brother‑in‑law has long been under suspicion, with the family car seen on the autobahn toward Poland on both relevant days and two prior detentions that ended in release for lack of substantiated evidence.