Malý Honzík went missing in Prague twenty-five years ago. He was never found | Crime | Prague Gossip
More than a thousand children go missing in the Czech Republic every year, the vast majority of whom are found by the police within a few hours or days. One of the cases of unsuccessful search for children or juveniles is the disappearance of Honzík, who disappeared on January 17, 1998 at the age of nine near his residence in Prague 4 – Podolí.
The parents offered a million dollar reward for finding Honzík
The boy went to visit a friend before his disappearance, the last to see her was a well-known doctor. Police launched a manhunt for the boys three days after he disappeared. During the search, helicopters with thermal imaging were deployed, divers searched the Vltava, parents received psychotronics and other information from witnesses. However, the search led nowhere, and the offer of the parents, who less than a month after his disappearance were promised a million dollar reward for finding him, remained unheeded. According to the police, the most likely version is that the boy drowned in the Vltava.
In 2018, Honzík’s mother requested to see the search file, but the police did not allow her to do so. A year later, the mothers stood up to the Constitutional Court, which, by its decision to inspect the file, belongs.
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Other children lost in the last millennium also ended up without a trace
The search for missing persons ends 20 years after their disappearance, after which the file material is archived. For example, a boy who disappeared as an eight-year-old in 1987 or a girl who disappeared as a fourteen-year-old in 1997 was never found.
Police officers now often look for children in the Child at Risk system, which is the national co-ordinating mechanism for finding missing children. It functions as an early warning system in cases where the life or health of an endangered child may be in danger.