KatriceLee

A record of public coverage

Press & Media

Articles, television and radio programmes, online reports and public records documenting Katrice Lee’s case and her family’s continuing search for answers.

This archive brings together coverage identified from family and campaign records, the supplied research document, and additional online research. It includes UK and German reporting, broadcast appeals, anniversary coverage, and reporting connected with the Missing Katrice exhibition in Schloß Neuhaus in November 2024.

It is intended to grow over time. Some older broadcasts, print articles and local reports may no longer be available online, and this list cannot guarantee every item of coverage ever published. Where an original link could be identified, it is included below. Dates and titles are reproduced as accurately as possible from the available source.

Entries are arranged chronologically, earliest first. Some articles are in German; titles are retained in their published language.

09

2026

September 2026 · Photobook

Missing Katrice — Stu McKenzie

Dewi Lewis Publishing

A photobook revisiting Katrice Lee’s disappearance and the enduring impact of her absence. The publisher’s page lists the book as available to order.

08

2025

16 January 2025 · Online news

Katrice Lee: New bid for answers in 43-year search for daughter

BBC News

BBC coverage of the family’s continuing campaign; the exact direct URL should be checked against the BBC archive before publication.

2 April 2025 · Online feature

I last saw my two-year-old girl at the checkout — cops say she drowned but no-one knows the truth

Teesside Live

Listed in search results; direct article URL was not confirmed.

3 April 2025 · Online feature

Heartbreaking unanswered questions about little girl who vanished in supermarket

The Mirror

Listed in search results; direct article URL was not confirmed.

25 May 2025 · Podcast / audio

Katrice Lee: A Father’s Story

BBC

Podcast series featuring Richard Lee and an ex-officer discussing the case. The exact programme page should be added once its permanent BBC Sounds URL is confirmed.

1 June 2025 · Television / online

‘Darkest days’ for father of missing Katrice Lee

BBC News

Headline identified in search results; direct article URL was not reliably retrieved.

07

2024

24 June 2024 · Online feature

Katrice Lee: All the theories surrounding missing toddler’s disappearance

i Paper

Listed in the supplied research; direct article URL not confirmed during this search.

4 November 2024 · Online news

Missing Katrice exhibition in Germany ‘brings people to tears’

BBC News

Coverage of the exhibition in Schloß Neuhaus identified in search results; direct article link not confirmed.

06

2023

15 November 2023 · Online feature

What happened to Katrice Lee? Clue that could help find toddler who disappeared

The Mirror

The supplied research notes this feature. The original direct article URL was not confirmed during this search.

9 December 2023 · Online feature

Decades after Katrice Lee vanished in supermarket, family still desperate for answers

The Mirror

The supplied research identifies this article, but a direct article URL could not be reliably confirmed.

05

2021–2022

27 November 2021 · Online news

Katrice Lee: Family still longing for answers 40 years on

BBC News

Anniversary coverage identified in search results; direct article link not confirmed.

28 February 2022 · Online news

Father disappointed over PM meeting cancellation

BBC News

Follow-up reporting about the family’s attempt to secure answers from government; direct article link not confirmed.

04

2019–2020

25 September 2019 · Online news

Katrice Lee: Former serviceman released without charge

BBC News

Follow-up reporting after the 2019 arrest; direct article link not confirmed.

03

2018

14 June 2018 · Online news

Katrice Lee: Bone fragments found in search ‘not human’

BBC News

Coverage of the finding that bone fragments recovered during the search were not human; direct article link not confirmed.

May 2018 · Television / online

36 Jahre vermisst

SAT.1 NRW

German report about the missing-person case and the search in Paderborn.

02

2015–2017

26 April 2016 · Online news

Katrice Lee disappearance: re-investigation ‘a sham’, says father

BBC News

Coverage of Richard Lee’s criticism of the renewed investigation; direct article link not confirmed.

28 February 2017 · Online news

Katrice Lee: Army refuses to say if e-fit is years old

BBC News

Reporting on questions surrounding the age of the photofit; direct article link not confirmed.

3 May 2017 · Television

Natasha Lee appeals on Good Morning Britain

ITV

The supplied research document records Katrice’s sister Natasha appearing on Good Morning Britain. A direct episode link was not located during this search.

3 May 2017 · Television

Richard Lee discusses Katrice’s disappearance on This Morning

ITV

The supplied research document records Richard Lee’s appearance on This Morning. A direct episode link was not located during this search.

01

2008–2013

8 November 2012 · Parliamentary record

Katrice Lee debated in the House of Commons

Hansard · Iain Wright MP, Hartlepool · Volume 552

Parliamentary discussion of the case and concerns about the original investigation.

7 February 2012 · Online news

Katrice Lee’s mother on 30 years since disappearance

BBC News

BBC coverage identified in the supplied research review/search results. A stable direct URL was not confirmed.

21 November 2012 · Television appeal

Katrice Lee appeal

BBC Crimewatch

The supplied research document identifies this Crimewatch feature as a major appeal during the renewed investigation.

00

2000–2007

2000 · Television reconstruction

BBC Crimewatch reconstruction on Katrice’s 21st birthday

BBC Crimewatch

BFBS Forces News later recorded that Crimewatch mounted a reconstruction of Katrice’s disappearance in November 2000. A direct programme link was not located.

2007 · Public awareness campaign

Age-progressed images and public appeals

Missing People

The supplied research document records that Missing People helped circulate Katrice’s image through public-awareness materials, including cups, buses and refuse vehicles. This is included as campaign history rather than a single media item.

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Ongoing case profiles and reference pages

Ongoing · Missing-person appeal

Missing Pieces: Katrice Lee

Missing People

Interview with Natasha and a continuing public appeal for Katrice.

Ongoing · Regional radio archive

Radio Hochstift

Radio Hochstift · Paderborn region

Regional coverage and updates concerning Katrice’s case.