Overview
- After ZDF’s Aktenzeichen XY feature, police received 23 tips and said several appear promising, with the hotline still open.
- Roughly 120 officers searched multiple properties in Reimershagen and nearby Rum Kogel early Thursday as leads were followed, and authorities report no identified suspect or motive.
- Investigators now place the killing on October 10 between about 11:00 and 15:00 and consider it likely an adult transported Fabian by car to the remote site around 15 kilometers from his home.
- Forensic findings indicate the body was burned to hide evidence, a photo showing a fire near the pond was released, and prosecutors have excluded a sexual offense.
- In separate actions, customs seized more than one tonne of marijuana in Berlin‑Spandau with five suspects detained under court warrants, and border police on the A3 arrested a man wanted by prosecutors and found a banned knuckleduster and a counterfeit €50 note.