Police: 13-Year-Old Lisa T. Found Dead in Brandenburg, Suspect Held
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The 13-year-old girl from Berlin-Marzahn who had been missing since Tuesday 3 November 2026 has been found dead. Brandenburg police found her body on Sunday 8 November in an empty house in Altglietzen, part of the town of Bad Freienwalde in the Märkisch-Oderland district, about an hour's drive north-east of Berlin. According to the current state of the investigation, the dead girl is Lisa T., the Berlin public prosecutor's office and police said in a joint statement on Sunday evening.
Police were told at about 12:00 on Sunday that people had entered the uninhabited family house without permission. Inside, officers found the girl's body and a seriously injured man. Investigators believe the man injured himself. He is suspected of being responsible for the girl's death. Rescue workers took him to hospital, where he is in a critical condition and under police guard. His identity is not yet known.
Lisa left her family's flat in Golliner Straße at about 7:15 on Tuesday morning to travel to her school in Sella-Hasse-Straße, but she never arrived. A homicide unit of the Berlin State Criminal Police Office had led the case since Thursday 5 November, and about 220 officers searched the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district on Saturday 7 November with tracking dogs and a helicopter.
What happens next: Berlin homicide investigators and prosecutors are securing evidence at the house together with Brandenburg police, and the investigation continues. The authorities have not yet said how the girl died or how she came to be in the house.
Who is affected and what you can do: the case has shaken families in Marzahn-Hellersdorf and across Berlin. Anyone with information that could help the investigation can contact the Berlin homicide unit on 030 4664 911555 or any police station. In an emergency, call 110. Parents who want help talking to their children about the case can ask their school or a local family counselling centre.
Sources: Tagesspiegel, DER SPIEGEL
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