Showing posts with label forest boy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label forest boy. Show all posts

Friday, June 15, 2012

Hinweise von Freunden: Waldjunge Ray ist Robin aus den Niederlanden

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Seit Tagen füllt seine Geschichte die Medien. Monatelang rätselte die Polizei: Wer ist Ray? Nun lieferten Freunde und Bekannte entscheidende Hinweise: Der selbsternannte Waldjunge stammt aus den Niederlanden.

Berlin - Ray heißt in Wirklichkeit Robin. Er ist nicht 17 Jahre alt, sondern 20. Und er lebte nicht jahrelang im Wald, sondern in der niederländischen Stadt Hengelo. Neun Monate nach dem Auftauchen eines unbekannten jungen Mannes in Berlin ist das Rätsel um seine Herkunft offenbar gelöst. Robin wurde von Schulfreunden und Angehörigen identifiziert, nachdem die Berliner Polizei Fotos veröffentlicht hatte.

"Ray hat zugegeben, dass er Robin ist", sagte eine Polizeisprecherin. Der junge Mann sei am Freitagmorgen befragt worden. "An seiner Geschichte stimmte nichts." » | siu/hut/dpa | Freitag, 15. Juni 2012

SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Berlin's Mysterious 'Forest Boy' Identified: A mysterious young man dubbed "forest boy" by the German media has finally been identified after some 10 months following the publication of his photo. His relatives in the Netherlands recognized him, police said. » | kla -- with wires | Friday, June 15, 2012

L’EXPRESS.fr: L'enfant des bois est mythomane : Le jeune homme de 20 ans, apparu dans le centre de Berlin en septembre 2011, prétendait avoir vécu dans la forêt pendant cinq ans et ne se souvenir ni de son nom ni de son adresse. Son mensonge aura duré 10 mois. » | Par LEXPRESS.fr | Avec AFP | vendredi 15 juin 2012

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Photograph Released of Berlin 'Forest Boy' Nine Months After He Walked Out of Woods

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Berlin Police have released the first photograph of the mysterious "forest boy" who turned to authorities nine months ago with claims he had been living wild in the woods for five years and had did not know who he was.

"We really have no idea of his true identity and hope that releasing this photo will help solve the mystery of the boy known only as Ray," Micheal Gassen of the Berlin Police force told The Daily Telegraph.

"Who knows the person shown in this picture? Who can give any information about his identity? Who can give any information about the person's possible relatives?" read an appeal released with the photograph on Tuesday.

Despite thorough investigations police have been unable to identify the boy, who turned up in Berlin Town hall last September speaking English with a slight accent and only a few words of German.

The boy has unwaveringly stuck to his original story claiming that he had been living in the forest with his father for around five years after his mother died in a car crash. » | Fiona Govan | Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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