Overview

• The taxi ride from Stuttgart’s Cannstatter Volksfest to Lauterstein covered more than 50 kilometers late Saturday.
• Around 22:30, the passenger asked the driver to stop to fetch money and did not return.
• The driver alerted police, who questioned neighbors and located the 13-year-old asleep at home.
• Because the mother could not pay the bill, the driver must seek the fare through civil proceedings.
• Authorities have opened an investigation on suspicion of fraud against the minor.