German Authorities Trying to find American Teen, 14, Who Went Lacking

Authorities are looking for an American teenager who went lacking after disembarking from a cruise ship in Germany.

Rostock Police in Germany mentioned Aydin Brown, 14, was final seen at round 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 4, after disembarking from a Caribbean Princess cruise ship, based on Fox Information, NBC Information and The New York Publish. 

The cruise ship had docked in Rostock-Warnemünde, a German port city on the Baltic Sea positioned about 150 miles north of Berlin, police informed the shops. Authorities mentioned the teenager, described as 5’7 with lengthy darkish hair, received off on the cease sporting a darkish jacket, darkish pants and retro footwear, per NBC Information.

Princess Cruises informed Fox Information and NBC Information in an announcement that it’s “collaborating with German regulation enforcement on a lacking particular person’s case” involving the teenager, who “disembarked from the Caribbean Princess in Warnemünde on Thursday morning with out an escort.”

“We perceive the misery this example has prompted and can proceed to supply ongoing onsite help to the household throughout this difficult time,” the cruise line mentioned, noting it had provided to fly Aydin’s mom to Germany to assist within the seek for her son.

Princess Cruises didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark, and a contact for Rostock Police was not instantly made accessible.

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Aydin had reportedly been touring along with his grandmother on the cruise ship earlier than he disappeared, based on Fox Information. The outlet reported that authorities discovered that Aydin and his grandmother had gotten into an argument earlier than he left the ship.

A girl named Katie Brown, who recognized herself as Aydin’s mom, shared in a Fb publish on a lacking particular person’s group that Aydin is from Texas and had been sporting a grey jacket with “headphones” and a “black backpack with [an] Amazon emblem” when he left the cruise ship.

Katie later shared in an replace that “he was noticed by digital camera with an unknown particular person” at a “prepare station,” and that digital camera footage on the station was “being investigated.”

Anne Yaktiyol, a cousin of Aydin’s, mentioned in a social media publish, per The New York Publish, that Aydin’s household believes he could have been coaxed away by a stranger.

“Aydin stays lacking. It seems as soon as he left the ship in Warnemunde, Germany, he could have been lured away,” she wrote within the publish.

NBC Information reported that police are on the lookout for that second particular person, whom police described as somebody between the ages of 20 and 25, and whom Aydin was seen with at round 7:30 a.m. on the prepare station in Warnemünde the identical day he disappeared.

A visitor onboard the cruise ship informed NBC Information that the “temper” on the ship is “nonetheless upbeat” because it continues to make its means by numerous stops throughout Europe, although the visitor additionally famous that passengers “really feel extraordinarily sorry for the household.”