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Pritzwalk (dpa / bb) - A 15-year-old from Pritzwalk (Prignitz) who has been missing for about a month is dead. The girl was found lifeless in a water body in Berlin, as the police announced on Wednesday.

The cause of death is still unclear.

Initial findings showed that there was no evidence of external violence or external influence.

An autopsy should still be decided, as it was said.

Most recently, the police announced on Sunday that the girl's trace was lost in Berlin, where the 15-year-old is said to have spent the night with a friend.

The police had asked the population for assistance in the search.

According to the police, the 15-year-old was in psychiatric treatment.

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