Missing German in Finland disappears: car discovered in the river

Finland – A German woman goes missing in the middle of the endless wilderness of Finnish Lapland. The authorities have been looking for the 50-year-old for days. So far they have only found their car – sunk in a river. There is still no trace of the driver to this day.

They were alerted police on Monday after a car was discovered submerged in the water near the small village of Saija in the municipality of Salla. When the emergency services examined the vehicle, they saw a puzzling picture. In a statement, police said: “On Monday, June 29, a report was received of a vehicle submerged in the water. There were no people in the vehicle.” When asked by BILD, the police confirmed that the car had a German license plate. Whether the Missing people as a vacationer Finland However, it was not reported that he had traveled or lived there permanently.

Search in one of the loneliest regions in Europe

According to investigators, the car was driven by an approximately 50-year-old German citizen with dark brown, medium-length hair. There is no all-clear on Friday either. Detective Inspector Eemi Kaarlela to BILD: “The woman is still missing.” The large-scale search operation has now ended. Kaarlela: “The police are currently no longer conducting active searches in connection with her disappearance.”

In the past few days, police, Emergency services and the Finnish border guards searched the area around Saija. The village is located around 40 km north of the community center of Salla – in one of the most isolated regions in Finland. Dense forests, moors and countless bodies of water characterize the landscape. Anyone who disappears here disappears into an almost deserted wilderness.

The woman’s fate remains unknown

As the online magazine “nordisch.info” reports, the vastness and remoteness of the area make the search considerably more difficult. Kaarlela about the search measures: “The search took place in the immediate area where the vehicle was found – both on land and in the water. In addition, based on information from the population, a search was carried out in other locations around the village of Saija.”

What happened to the German remains completely unclear. According to “nordisch.info”, investigators are currently not ruling out various scenarios. It is possible that the woman is still in the water. It will also be checked whether she left the vehicle, reached the bank and then left on foot in an unknown direction. Despite the unanswered questions, the police have so far seen no evidence of a crime. “As things stand, the police do not believe that a crime was committed in connection with the case,” Kaarlela told BILD.