Overview
- A two-year-old boy named Alex was taken from his mother’s apartment in Alt‑Hohenschönhausen and not returned after a man known to the family collected him on May 28, prompting a high‑priority missing‑person probe by Berlin police.
- Berlin investigators have published a photo and a clothing description — black shorts, a red T‑shirt with a yellow star and a dark blue Spiderman cap — and asked the public to contact the Landeskriminalamt missing‑persons unit with information.
- A separate search in Iserlohn began after an eleven‑year‑old left home saying he would be “only briefly” outside on May 31; a specially trained mantrailer dog followed his scent to the Seilersee where the trail ended and police report no current evidence of a crime.
- Authorities in both cases deployed standard rapid‑response resources including a police helicopter, search teams and mantrailer dogs, and they have urged anyone with sightings or tips to call the LKA hotline for Berlin or the emergency number 110 for Iserlohn.
- Media coverage has included an unverified single‑outlet claim about the Berlin suspect’s background that police have not confirmed, and investigators say verifying public tips and media reports will be crucial to moving each inquiry forward.