The kidnapping of Ursula Herrmann was a notorious child kidnapping which occurred in Germany on 15 September 1981 in which a 10-year-old girl disappeared while riding a bicycle to her home. The child was subsequently found dead in a rectangular wooden box buried in woodland.
The circumstances surrounding Herrmann's kidnapping, confinement and death led to her being known as the Girl in the Box.
The kidnapping of Ursula Herrmann was a notorious child kidnapping which occurred in Germany on 15 September 1981 in which a 10-year-old girl disappeared while riding a bicycle to her home. The child was subsequently found dead in a rectangular wooden box buried in woodland. The circumstances surrounding Herrmann's kidnapping, confinement and death led to her being known as the Girl in the Box.