Overview
- The girl, Lisa T., left her home in Berlin‑Marzahn on Tuesday morning to go to school and did not arrive at Sella‑Hasse‑Straße.
- Authorities announced they found a body that has been identified as the missing 13‑year‑old and that an unnamed male suspect was taken into custody but remains in critical condition after severe self-inflicted injuries.
- Prosecutors say there is an initial suspicion of a Kapitalverbrechen, so the Staatsanwaltschaft and the LKA's 5th Mordkommission are leading investigations and prioritizing forensic identification and cause-of-death analysis.
- Police expanded searches across Marzahn‑Hellersdorf with between roughly 140 and 220 officers, mantrailer dogs, a police helicopter, underwater/dive assets and door‑to‑door inquiries while processing more than a hundred public tips.
- Family and neighbours have mounted public appeals, the girl's mother livestreamed for help, and the case has raised local fear and renewed attention to past unresolved child disappearances as authorities continue to request any witness information.