Overview
- The 26-year-old escaped from a Rostock forensic psychiatric facility during a supervised outing on June 3, 2026 and evaded capture for about a month.
- Local police launched large searches immediately after the escape but investigators from the Kriminalkommissariat Rostock and the LKA’s Zielfahndung later traced his travel through Serbia to Montenegro.
- Montenegrin police arrested the man in a hotel in Cetinje on July 3, 2026 where he was staying with his girlfriend, authorities confirmed.
- He was convicted by the Landgericht Osnabrück on November 28, 2023 for narcotics and medicines trading and was sentenced to five years with placement in an addiction-treatment facility.
- German prosecutors and state investigators are coordinating with Montenegrin authorities to seek a swift extradition so he can be returned to the forensic psychiatric facility to continue his court-ordered treatment.