The missing person case of Rebecca Reusch has raised questions since she went missing in 2019. In an interview, profiler Axel Petermann reveals the background of the case.
the basics in a nutshell
Rebecca Reusch, who was 15 years old at the time, disappeared from the home of her sister and brother-in-law in Berlin Neukölln-Britz on 18 February 2019.
According to current investigations, Rebecca’s brother-in-law Florian R. urgent doubt.
He remains silent about the allegations The family of the missing person represents the 27-year-old.
Since 18 February 2019, there is no trace of Rebecca Reusch, who was 15 years old at the time, from Berlin-Neukölln. The girl left after spending the night at her sister and brother-in-law’s house in the Britz area.
Despite intensive investigations and great public interest, the case remains unsolved and is still being investigated by the Berlin police. So far, there is a lack of solid evidence that could shed light on the student’s disappearance.
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The central role of the family
According to expert Axel Petermann, cues from Rebecca’s social environment could play a key role. “In the end, it’s about people with their… Opinions and tips wisdom crime and provides new impulses for research,” he explained in an interview with the “Berliner Morgenpost”.
Often perpetrators cannot be guilty of their guilt and would correct statements years after the crime or indict the real perpetrators as accomplices. Couldn’t go any further new evaluation methods Traces, such as refined DNA analysis, provide additional clues, the expert explained.
The police face this challenge
The disappearance of the 15-year-old child at the time presented a particular challenge to the police because: “The investigators have to deal with the difficulty of the… The suspected crime is said to have taken place at her sister’s house Traces attributable to Rebecca and Rebecca may also have emerged in other cases,” explains the criminal.
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However, in the sister’s apartment without a trace of blood Discovered by Rebecca, Petermann explains it this way: “That need not be the case, because crimes committed with the hands are always intimate, so they are bloodless and can only be proven on the body.” But that’s not there either, says Petermann.
What is the role of Florian R.?
In the interview, Axel Petermann particularly questions the role of his brother-in-law, Florian R. “Rebecca didn’t show up at the nearby bus stop or at her school, but she wasn’t seen anywhere else either,” he said. explains. Doubts arose “quite quickly”. Rebecca’s brother-in-law fell, who apparently came home drunk after a night of partying with colleagues. “However, he goes to Poland early in the morning, which he also kept quiet about,” said the expert, who was wondering what the purpose of this trip was. “Did he get Rebecca’s body out of the house?”
Not only did the criminal find the trip to Poland suspicious, a Google search of the brother-in-law also raised questions for Petermann. “A 15-year-old child disappears without a trace from a safe room with her sister. She is supposed to go to school in the morning, she is there before alone with her brother-in-law, since the sister had already left the flat.”
The brother-in-law later explained that he was sleeping – “but the analysis of his Google data shows that he may have googled about breath control and strangulation practices during intercourse.” The criminal asks: “Why did he keep these searches quiet?“
Hope or protection for the offender?
Police are also investigating the 27-year-old student’s brother-in-law. And despite the questioning and investigations against him: Rebecca’s family supports Florian R.
Petermann suspects that “despite the numerous inconsistencies in his brother-in-law’s behavior, the family trusts him deeply and rules with certainty that it was a crime.” The hope that Rebecca would still be found alive could be so strong that the relatives would not be able to consider murder, especially by a murderer, as a possibility.
The expert further explains: “On the other hand, that cannot be ruled out the family knows the truth, but he wants to protect the brother-in-law or another person from punishment.”