Overview
- The 44-year-old inmate fled during a permitted, accompanied outing in the Schmelz area on Wednesday afternoon and remained at large as of the morning of July 9.
- Authorities published a detailed description to help identify him: about 1.92 m tall, slim, black hair, black moustache, a left forearm tattoo, and last seen in a cream T-shirt, light-blue jeans and white trainers.
- Police said they do not consider him to pose an immediate danger but strongly warned people not to approach him or offer rides and asked residents to report tips to investigators.
- Local corrections officials confirmed the outing was supervised and that the man has been serving a long-term sentence for murder since 2010.
- Supervised outings, known in Germany as 'begleitete Ausführungen', are routine trips meant to maintain prisoners' everyday skills and family ties, and this escape will prompt reviews of how those outings are managed.