Overview

• Authorities report that the body found in the Lahn River near Weilburg is very likely that of six-year-old Pawlos Guesh, missing for nearly a month.
• The discovery was made by a canoeist on Easter Sunday evening, who alerted emergency services around 6 PM.
• An emergency doctor confirmed the child’s death at the scene, with forensic and criminal investigations now underway to determine the circumstances.
• Pawlos, described as autistic, had run away from his special education school in Weilburg on March 25, prompting a large-scale search involving hundreds of volunteers and agencies.
• Police continue to treat the case as a missing person incident with no evidence of foul play at this stage.