Lina: Investigators in Alsace discover hint of lacking 15-year-old | EUROtoday

Investigators have made a breakthrough within the seek for 15-year-old Lina in Alsace, who has been lacking for ten months. The gendarmerie has recognized a automotive that was parked close by on the time the youngsters disappeared, the general public prosecutor's workplace introduced in Strasbourg this night. Traces of the youngsters' DNA have been discovered within the stolen automotive.

The circumstances beneath which the younger girl obtained into the automotive at the moment are being investigated. The public prosecutor's workplace expressed confidence that the breakthrough within the manhunt would make it potential to find Lina. The public prosecutor's workplace didn’t touch upon an arrest or a suspect.

The German police have been additionally concerned within the search

The 15-year-old disappeared on September 23 final yr on the three-kilometer stroll to the Saint-Blaise-la-Roche practice station. The teenager needed to go to Strasbourg to see her boyfriend, however didn’t make it there. Two witnesses noticed her on the way in which to the practice station. However, investigators know that she didn’t get on the practice. There have been in depth however up to now fruitless searches, by which the German police have additionally been concerned at occasions.

Based on witness statements, the investigators had been on the lookout for several types of automobiles in the course of the search. The automotive that had now been found then got here into the investigators' focus, however the police had stored this to themselves till now.