"We still do not know what to expect," said the Bavarian Kriminalhauptkommissar Armin Bock on Monday morning. At 13.30 o'clock arrived forces in excavations in the Oberpfälzer community Flossenbürg then on the remains of a car, probably a VW Beetle. The officials were actually looking for a girl's body.
The excavations on the edge of a forest near the Czech border should help solve a more than 40-year-old case. Bock and his colleagues are looking for clues to the case Monika Frischholz: She was last seen alive on May 25, 1976 at 15.30 clock in her hometown Flossenbürg. She was twelve years old then.
The officers now found clues about the car "that could possibly be related to the preliminary investigation," according to a police statement. Further details were not made with reference to the ongoing investigations.
"We will not give up"
Bit by bit, more than 20 firefighters had uncovered the vehicle on Monday with wheelbarrows, shovels and hands. According to the police, trees have been felled to lift the car out of the pit. A combination of earlier testimonies and new evidence should have led to the excavations.
The primary goal for all participants is to find the apparently killed girls, said Bock. "We will not give up." The excavation work on the site will be continued on Tuesday morning at 9 clock, police said.
The Bavarian State Office for Criminal Investigation had offered a reward of 10,000 euros for information that could help to clarify the case. "Witnesses who have not yet reported are asked to provide relevant information to investigate the murder at 0961 / 401-291," the statement says. Any little hint could be of great importance to the investigators.