Overview

• The Hof civil court dismissed the mother’s pain and suffering claim in May 2024.
• The lawsuit seeks damages for psychological harm after 15 years of uncertainty over Peggy’s fate.
• Peggy vanished from Lichtenberg in May 2001 and her remains were discovered in a forest between Bavaria and Thuringia in 2016.
• The man at the center of the case was convicted then released on appeal and later recanted a 2018 admission that he moved Peggy’s body.
• The Oberlandesgericht Bamberg will hold the appeal hearing on July 10 to reconsider compensation.