Overview
- Eight-year-old Noah vanished Wednesday after being dropped at the Weißfrauenschule in Frankfurt’s Bahnhofsviertel and did not enter class.
- A school backpack that police say very likely belongs to him was recovered near the school on Thursday.
- Hundreds of officers, a helicopter, police boats and search dogs were deployed; active large-scale measures have been pared back to targeted actions pending new leads.
- Investigators are reviewing extensive CCTV from the area, including AI-assisted searches, and continue to assess numerous public tips at 069 755-51199.
- Frankfurt authorities said Noah had been taken into public custody in autumn 2025, and private search teams reported dog alerts near the main and bus stations without a confirmed sighting.