Murder of Peggy Knobloch

Peggy Knobloch
Born6 April 1992
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
Disappeared7 May 2001 (aged 9)
Lichtenberg, Bavaria, Germany
Body discovered2 July 2016
Known forMurder victim

Peggy Knobloch (6 April 1992 – disappeared 7 May 2001) was a nine-year-old girl from Lichtenberg, Bavaria, who was kidnapped and murdered on 7 May 2001. Her body was located 15 years later in a wooded area near Wurzbach. In 2020, investigators shelved the investigation of her murder without solving it. Some newspapers refer to her as the "German Madeleine McCann".