Angler missing: tragic body discovered in the quarry lake!

On May 30, 2025, a missing angler will be found in the quarry lake. The police and DLRG carried out intensive search measures.
On May 30, 2025, a missing angler will be found in the quarry lake. The police and DLRG carried out intensive search measures. (Symbolbild/NAG)

Angler missing: tragic body discovered in the quarry lake!

On Wednesday, a 67-year-old angler and his 48-year-old relative went to a waters in Porta Westfalica. According to Westfalen-leaf , the relative went to rest during the 67-year-old. When there was no trace of the older man in the morning, his relative informed the police after his own search measures had been unsuccessful.

The police immediately set numerous patrol cars, a helicopter from the Dortmund aviator and a mantrailer for search. Despite intensive efforts and the use of a diving group that searched the water with a sonar boat, no traces of the angler could initially be found. In the next phase of the search, the staff of the local hospitals was contacted in order to obtain possible information on his whereabouts.

body discovered in the water

The search took a tragic turn on Friday when the helicopter crew viewed a lifeless person in the water. The DLRG was consulted and the body, which turned out to be the missing angler. The circumstances that led to his death and how he got into the water are now the subject of investigations by the responsible authorities.

In another case, TAG24 From a corpse find near Benndorf. There, the body of a 36-year-old woman was discovered in a forest that was missing since Easter. According to initial findings, the investigators found no evidence of external negligence and assume a suicide.

context for the missing person report

The case of the missing angler and other similar incidents also take a look at the Germany -wide structures for searching for missing. The Federal Criminal Police Office explains that a person is considered missing if they remain unexplainable from their place of residence and a danger to life or life is accepted. In the event of acute danger, large -scale search measures can be initiated in cooperation with the riot police and emergency services.

In 2025, around 9,420 missing cases were registered in the police information system (inpol), with 200 to 300 new searches being recorded every day. The affected people include men, but also children and adolescents who often disappear in critical situations.

Such tragic incidents and the associated searches illustrate the challenges with which the police and other emergency services are faced. The loss of human life and the fate of the missing person always remains an urgent and emotional matter, which affects many at both local and national level.

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