Overview
- Berlin prosecutor Michael Petzold said new findings place the brother‑in‑law at the searched sites and suggest he may have transported the body there.
- Police searched the grandparents’ former home in Tauche and a property in Herzberg in Brandenburg’s Oder‑Spree district.
- A police spokesperson said officers are not searching for a living person at the locations.
- Criminalistics professor Christian Matzdorf said the fresh searches could rapidly shift the evidentiary picture once substantiated theories enable further measures.
- Investigators warn the six‑plus‑year gap complicates evidence recovery, while the family continues to publicly support the suspect and declined comment.