A 14-year-old American boy, Aydin Brown, has been reported lacking within the cruise port of Rostock-Warnemünde in northern Germany, after debarking Caribbean Princess on Thursday morning, July 4, 2024.
Brown is touring together with his grandmother aboard the Princess Cruises ship, however it’s not clear whether or not he debarked together with her or on his personal when the ship docked for a day in port.
Brown was final reported at roughly 7-7:30 a.m., sporting a “darkish jacket, darkish pants, and retro footwear” in line with the Rostock police report. He’s 5′ 7″ tall with lengthy darkish hair, and is reported as autistic.
Authorities have recovered a photograph from a surveillance digital camera on the Warnemünde prepare station displaying Brown and an unknown witness, who’s urgently requested to come back ahead to assist find the younger man. The witness is described as 20-25 years previous, slim, with very lengthy hair that was braided right into a ponytail.
“It can’t be dominated out that the lacking particular person made contact with the gaming scene in Germany and that the beforehand unknown witness can also be lively within the scene,” the police report acknowledged. “Preliminary investigations have proven that Aydin Brown was in private contact with this beforehand unknown particular person shortly after leaving the ship.”
The Warnemünde prepare station is simply one-quarter mile from the cruise port, and simple stroll of only a few minutes.
To be clear, the unknown witness is just not thought of a suspect right now, however is solely requested to come back ahead with any potential details about Brown’s whereabouts.
Any member of the general public who might have further info can also be requested to contact native authorities. So far, there is no such thing as a report of suspected foul play, however authorities are being diligent and thorough of their investigation.
Caribbean Princess is presently crusing a 12-night crusing roundtrip from Southampton, UK. The ship departed on Sunday, June 30, and has already referred to as at two ports in Denmark.
Whereas Caribbean Princess departed Warnemünde on schedule, Brown’s grandmother reportedly remained behind within the metropolis to remain in contact with authorities. It’s unclear whether or not different members of the family are additionally touring on the cruise.
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The 112,894-gross-ton, Grand-class ship can welcome 3,142 passengers on every crusing and can also be house to roughly 1,200 worldwide crew members. Caribbean Princess is now persevering with on to ports in Sweden, Lithuania, and Norway earlier than she is scheduled to return to Southampton on July 12.
No different cruise ships had been docked in Warnemünde on Thursday, July 4.
Different Passengers Lacking From Cruise Ships
A cruise port could be a very complicated and crowded place, notably when company are having fun with a day in port and there are tons of, even hundreds of individuals transferring backwards and forwards in only a few hours. Sadly, this will result in households or teams turning into separated and lacking individuals studies are typically crucial.
In December 2023, a 15-year-old woman was lacking from Norwegian Spirit when the ship was visiting Dunedin, New Zealand. Native authorities used social media to unfold the phrase concerning the lacking teen, and she or he was shortly positioned and reunited together with her mother and father.
Extra just lately, in early June an 18-year-old younger man was separated from his mother and father at a port of name (the younger man didn’t determine both the cruise ship or the port) after they didn’t return to the ship on time, and he remained onboard because the ship sailed away. His mother and father did rejoin the ship – at their very own expense – on the subsequent port of name.
Whereas each of those incidents had been resolved with the households reuniting, sadly not all such conditions finish so fortunately. In April, a 66-year-old man with dementia grew to become separated from his household in Cozumel, and regardless of exhaustive search efforts, he has not been positioned.
Cruise Hive’s ideas are with the household and pals of Aydin Brown with optimistic ideas and hope that he’s safely positioned very quickly.
