Six days after the disappearance of young Lina in Bas-Rhin, uborn “large-scale coordinated operation” began as part of the investigation, Saverne prosecutor Aline Clérot announced on Friday September 29 in a press release. This operation is held in “several points in the potential area of Lina’s disappearance” and concerns “information useful to the investigation which should be verified”. At the end of the day, the prosecutor specified that the gendarmes had carried out “numerous investigations, including technical and scientific police actions on several vehicles targeted by the investigation”. “These investigative acts will continue in the coming hours”she added. Follow our live stream.
A worrying disappearance. The teenager, aged 15, disappeared late Saturday morning in the Saint-Blaise-la-Roche area (Bas-Rhin), a small town of around 230 inhabitants. She was walking to the nearest station to her home, about three kilometers away, to meet her boyfriend in Strasbourg.
A week of research. Search operations have increased since Saturday, with the reinforcement of a dog team, a helicopter and drones. On Thursday, new searches mobilized 80 gendarmes in Saint-Blaise-la-Roche and in the neighboring village of Saulxure, but did not uncover any convincing clues. Water points were also probed, without result.