Missing 13-year-old from Marzahn found dead in Brandenburg house

According to a dpa report published by taz, 13-year-old Lisa from Marzahn was found dead on Sunday afternoon in an empty detached house in Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg, about 50 kilometres from Marzahn. She had been missing since Tuesday. Police had received a tip that someone was in the building without permission.

Officers found a man at the site and arrested him. Berlin prosecutors say he is suspected of abducting and killing the girl. Prosecution spokesman Michael Petzold said the man had seriously injured himself, was in a life-threatening condition and was in a critical state. According to dpa, he used a firearm. His identity was initially unclear.

How Lisa died is still unknown, prosecutors say. An autopsy was expected on Monday, and more evidence was to be secured at the house and on the grounds. According to dpa, she had reportedly been dead for some time.

Lisa left home around 7:20 am on Tuesday to travel to her school but never arrived. Police launched a large-scale search on Friday with hundreds of officers, using tracking dogs, a helicopter and an underwater drone. Investigators had said early on that they assumed a serious crime. Prosecutors said there were initially no leads pointing to Brandenburg.

Bild newspaper quoted a resident as saying a car with Berlin plates stood in front of the house for hours with its hazard lights on on the day the girl disappeared.