German police find abducted boy’s body

THE body of the kidnapped 11-year-old heir to a German banking fortune was found yesterday

Wed, 02 Oct, 2002 - 01:00
police searching woodlands near Frankfurt.

Jakob von Metzler's body was discovered four days after he was abducted and after his parents had paid a 1m ransom for his safe return.

His body had been bundled under a dock at a small lake 38 miles from the banking capital.

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