Two-year-old Georg disappeared while walking in the forest in Oberellenbach, Hesse. A search operation with drones and helicopters then began in the area.

The all-clear was given late on Sunday evening. The child was found slightly hypothermic, soaked, but unharmed. After a medical examination, he was handed over to his parents in the town of Sterkelshausen in the eastern part of the Hesse state. He had been wanted since shortly before 5 p.m.