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 along with his grandmother aboard the Princess Cruises ship, however it isn’t clear whether or not he debarked along 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., carrying a “darkish jacket, darkish pants, and retro sneakers” 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 practice 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 individual made contact with the gaming scene in Germany and that the beforehand unknown witness can also be lively within the scene,” the police report said. “Preliminary investigations have proven that Aydin Brown was in private contact with this beforehand unknown individual shortly after leaving the ship.”
The Warnemünde practice station is simply one-quarter mile from the cruise port, and straightforward stroll of just some minutes.
To be clear, the unknown witness will not be thought-about a suspect right now, however is solely requested to come back ahead with any doable details about Brown’s whereabouts.
Any member of the general public who could have extra info can also be requested to contact native authorities. Up to now, there isn’t any 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 known 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 have been docked in Warnemünde on Thursday, July 4.
Different Passengers Lacking From Cruise Ships
A cruise port is usually a very complicated and crowded place, significantly when company are having fun with a day in port and there are lots of, even hundreds of individuals transferring forwards and backwards in just some hours. Sadly, this could result in households or teams changing into separated and lacking individuals stories are generally mandatory.
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 rapidly situated and reunited along with her dad and mom.
Extra lately, in early June an 18-year-old younger man was separated from his dad and mom at a port of name (the younger man didn’t establish both the cruise ship or the port) once they did not return to the ship on time, and he remained onboard because the ship sailed away. His dad and mom did rejoin the ship – at their very own expense – on the subsequent port of name.
Whereas each of those incidents have been resolved with the households reuniting, sadly not all such conditions finish so fortunately. In April, a 66-year-old man with dementia turned separated from his household in Cozumel, and regardless of exhaustive search efforts, he has not been situated.
Cruise Hive’s ideas are with the household and pals of Aydin Brown with constructive ideas and hope that he’s safely situated very quickly.
