Death of Sonja Engelbrecht

Sonja Engelbrecht[1] was a young teenage woman who went missing on the night of April 10–11, 1995,[2] in Munich, Germany whose death cause may be a homicide.[3] Following a party the night before, Sonja was persuaded by an acquaintance to visit a bar with him on April 10, 1995.

Sonja Engelbrecht
DisappearedApril 10–11, 1995
Munich, Germany
Died1995 (aged 19)
Body discoveredNovember 23, 2021
NationalityGerman
Known fordisappearance and discovery of remains

Disappearance

Around two o'clock in the morning Sonja and her acquaintance left the apartment; Sonja wanted to call her sister to pick her up and drive her home, the friend wanted to take the streetcar home. Her companion gave her his phone card and departed for the streetcar. Sonja was left alone and was not seen or heard from after that.[4] Afterwards, Engelbrecht's partner visited another friend in his apartment who had then told the police that he had seen her alive at night in Munich at the Stiglmaierplatz tram stop.

Discovery of remains and aftermath

On November 23, 2021, it was announced that a bone was found by forestry workers in the summer of 2020 in a forest near Kipfenberg, Germany,[5] about 100 km north of Sonja's last known location.[6] This was positively identified by DNA examination as Sonja's femur.[7]

On March 30, 2022, investigators announced that there were additional large-scale search efforts. More bones and bone fragments were found in the area of a crevice.[8] These included a piece of lower jaw including teeth, which is being examined by DNA technology. Investigators assume that the crevice is where Sonja was deposited, which is only about 200m from the femur found in 2020.[9] Though people have been accused of killing her[10] it has not been ruled a murder case and the cause of death is unknown.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Wo ist Sonja Engelbrecht?". Sonja Engelbrecht (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  2. Panagiotidis, Elena (2021-11-23). "Die seit 1995 vermisste Schülerin Sonja Engelbrecht ist tot". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  3. Karin Truscheit (21 April 2022). "Was geschah mit Sonja Engelbrecht?" [What happened to Sonja Engelbrecht?]. Faz.net (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  4. Sonja Engelbrechts Fall - Menschen bei Maischberger - 01.10.2013, retrieved 2022-08-20
  5. Deutschland, RedaktionsNetzwerk (30 March 2022). "Sonja Engelbrecht seit 1995 vermisst: Knochen bei Suchaktion gefunden". www.rnd.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  6. "Mann findet Leichenteile eines seit 18 Jahren vermissten Paares" [Man finds bones of couple that went missing 18 years ago] (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 8 June 2020.
  7. "Sonja Engelbrecht | Artikel in der Übersicht - WOCHENBLATT". www.wochenblatt-news.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  8. Golder, Joseph (2021-11-29). "Remains Of Beautiful 19 Year Old German Girl Who Went Missing 26 Years Ago Uncovered". News and Media. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  9. "Gefundene Knochen stammen von vermisster Sonja Engelbrecht" [Discovered bones belong to missing Sonja Engelbrecht] (in German). Der Spiegel. 31 March 2022.
  10. Mizzy, Sugar (30 March 2022). "Sonja Engelbrecht case: bone parts found in the forest near Kipfenberg – Munich". europe-cities.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  11. Mizzy, Sugar (19 January 2022). "Search for Sonja Engelbrecht – police for further investigations". europe-cities.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
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