Luckau (dpa / bb) - A pensioner has been found dead in Luckau (Dahme-Spreewald).

Employees of a senior citizen center reported the 88-year-old missing early Thursday morning, the police said.

Since the senior citizen was initially disoriented, the police immediately began looking for the woman.

A little later, the missing woman was found, a doctor could only determine her death.

The police have started an investigation into the cause of death.