Overview
- A 69-year-old retired teacher says she saw a raspberry-red Renault Twingo on the A12 on the morning of 18 February 2019 with a tense male driver wearing a low baseball cap and a large object covered by a dark blanket inside.
- She recounts joining the motorway at Fürstenwalde West and exiting at Fürstenwalde Ost while the Twingo continued south toward areas later searched by police, including near Tauche.
- Police records from 2019 state the Twingo tied to Reusch’s family was captured by traffic surveillance on the A12 at 10:47 on 18 February and at 22:39 on 19 February, and investigators said only the then‑27‑year‑old suspect had access at those times.
- The woman’s husband and sister say she told them about the sighting in 2019, and she recently approached police following renewed appeals and searches; she also cited a long illness as a reason for the delay.
- Officers searched the suspect’s grandparents’ property in Tauche in October using cadaver dogs, the investigation remains open, and the suspect denies involvement.