Missing 13-year-old Lisa T. from Marzahn found dead; suspect in critical condition

The body of the missing 13-year-old Lisa T. from Berlin-Marzahn was found on Sunday on a farmstead in Altglietzen, in the Märkisch-Oderland district in northeastern Brandenburg, close to the Polish border. According to a joint press release from Berlin police and the public prosecutor's office, Brandenburg officers were told around noon that unauthorized people had entered an unoccupied single-family house in a district of Bad Freienwalde. During the check, they found the body and a seriously injured man.

Prosecutors say the man seriously injured himself and is in a critical condition. They say he is suspected of abducting and killing the girl and that it can be assumed he is responsible for her death. His identity is still being investigated. He is presumed innocent unless a court decides otherwise.

It is still unclear how Lisa died, according to prosecutors. An autopsy is expected on Monday, and further evidence is to be secured at the house and on the grounds.

Lisa left her home in Marzahn on Tuesday, 3 November, around 7:20 a.m. to go to school but never arrived. Police soon assumed she had not left of her own accord. A homicide unit took over, and police said they were investigating on suspicion of a capital crime. Her mother had appealed on social media for information. A Berlin police spokesperson said the officers who responded were deeply affected by the scene.