Berlin, November 9th, 2026 (The Berlin Spectator) – The search for thirteen-year-old Lisa Ta has ended with the worst possible news. Police believe the body of the girl was found on Sunday in an abandoned house in Brandenburg.
According to the authorities, Brandenburg police were alerted around noon that unauthorized people had entered an uninhabited single-family home in a district of Bad Freienwalde. Officers from the Märkisch-Oderland police inspectorate went to check. Inside, they found the body of a female person and a severely injured man.
Investigators currently assume that the deceased is Lisa Ta. They also believe the man hurt himself. He is suspected of having caused the girl’s death. Paramedics took him to a hospital, where he remains in critical condition and is guarded by police. His identity has not been established yet and is part of the investigation.
The homicide divisions of the Berlin State Office of Criminal Investigation and the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s Office are working with Brandenburg police. They are currently securing evidence at the scene and continuing their inquiries.
Lisa had been missing since Tuesday, November 3rd. That morning she left her home to travel by public transport from Barnimplatz to her school in Berlin’s Marzahn-Hellersdorf district, but she never arrived.
Investigators soon ruled out that she had disappeared voluntarily, and a homicide division joined the case. Police combed the search area with up to 220 officers, search dogs and a helicopter. On Friday and Sunday, the authorities appealed to the public for any information about her whereabouts.
