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Day Five in Search for Argentine Scientist Missing in Karlsruhe as Police Report No Leads

Family, Argentine diplomats, colleagues coordinate outreach in Germany, with appeals circulating for tips.

Overview

  • Alejandro Matías Fracaroli, a CONICET researcher visiting the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, has been missing since October 13.
  • His last confirmed contact was a WhatsApp video call with his partner that evening; his phone went offline afterward and he did not appear at work the next day.
  • Colleagues reconstructed that he left the KIT campus and boarded a bus toward the city, after which his trail was lost during the trip.
  • Karlsruhe police have an active case but report no clues so far, and checks of hospitals, police stations and security cameras have not yielded relevant information.
  • Relatives and Argentine consular officials are assisting the search, with contact numbers shared for tips: +34 634 64 10 75 (Spanish) and +49 155 6058 7656 (German/English).