Ramona Herling

Ramona Herling

Ramona Herling was twelve years old when she disappeared in Bad Dreiburg, Germany, in on May 11^th 1989. I can find nearly nothing on her, except she was from Hoxter. While I read that Marc Dutroux may be a suspect, I personally think she was abducted by Robert Black.

Black had visited Germany, although I do not know where. Because the Cold War was still on, I believe he visited West Germany, where Bad Dreiburg is located.

Ramona disappeared going to a swimming pool. Black once worked as a lifeguard at a pool and had a fascination with little girls and swimming pools, just as he did with little girls and bicycles. If he was in Germany, she may be his victim. Also, this was just under a year before his arrest, so she would have been his last victim.

The first rune is ‘Laguz’, merkstave. A time of confusion, the wrong decisions, poor judgement, fear, avoidance. Obsession, despair, sickness. Could this be that her abductor spied on her? Maybe watched her as she left her home and followed her? Maybe she thought she knew the area and as it was a good area, nothing bad would happen to her?

The second rune is ‘Perthro’, merkstave. Addiction, loneliness, depression or dissatisfaction. An addiction could mean that whoever took her wanted something, was beyond help. Black is a psychopath. Dutroux is known as ‘the Monster of Belgium’. Either could have taken her. Maybe they wanted a different sort of girl, if they were dissatisfied? Black’s oldest known victim was eleven-year-old Susan Maxwell. Maybe twelve was a lot older than he expected Ramona to be?

Ramona was four foot, eleven inches. This could have made her look more like ten than twelve. Because Dutroux took two teenage girls, I don’t think this would have mattered to him, but it WOULD to Black.

The third rune is ‘Ingwaz’, merkstave. Movement without change, production, toil.  The idea of movement without change suggests to me that maybe she had been tied up and tried to escape? It’s all I could think of right now.

The fourth rune is ‘Raido’, merkstave. Crisis, injustice, disruption, delusion, death. Whoever took her must have killed her, also, coming quickly after the others makes me think she may have been killed not long after she was taken.

Dutroux held his victims for weeks or months before they died, either deliberately or accidental. This, again, makes me think Black or someone else is a more likely culprit.

The fifth rune is ‘Jera’, merkstave. Sudden setback, a change, reversal. Bad timing, conflict. This could be the abductor reversed his vehicle and went back, perhaps due to roadworks or an accident or something blocking the way? Maybe even deciding to head somewhere else? This reminds me of when Black was caught in 1990; he decided to go back through the village he’d taken the girl from.

Why would he do that and not look for a different way? Maybe because he’d done it before.

Ramona, dead or alive, was probably taken back through Bad Dreiburg, perhaps even along the street she’d come from!

The sixth rune is ‘Fehu’, merkstave. Loss of personal property, a failure. Greed, cowardice, slavery, bondage. This could be a reminder that she is dead, but with the rune above, I am now more certain that she was taken somewhere, killed, then driven back through Bad Dreiburg.

The seventh rune is ‘Othala’. A house, a home, group order, help in spiritual or physical journeys. Source of safety. Maybe her abductor was now in a ‘safe zone’. This could indicate more than one abductor. Black went to the Netherlands for photos, so it is not beyond belief that he had people in Germany who did the same. Maybe they asked him what was in the back and he showed them a dead girl? They could have had help burying her.

The eighth rune is ‘Wunjo’, merkstave. Sorrow, strife, possession by higher forces, raging frenzy. The sorrow and strife could be how Ramona felt after her death, but the raging frenzy could mean Black.

I keep going to Black because there is more indication in this reading that he is responsible, particularly when considering that Ramona may have died not long after her abduction, whereas Dutroux held his victims for a period of time. What we know about Black’s abductions and what happened during that time stem from two instances; Theresa Thornhill’s attempted abduction in 1988 and the abduction and assault in Stow in 1990. Both girls survived.

Theresa was asked by Black if she could fix tyres. She answered she didn’t, but he grabbed her and tried forcing her into the back of his van. She said that he swore, was rough and violent. Theresa was only saved when her friend witnessed the attack. The girl in Stow was picked up by Black, pushed under his dashboard, driven somewhere else, assaulted and stuffed in a sleeping bag. Black was caught when he tried driving back through Stow.

This raging frenzy may indicate Black’s behaviour, or that of a violent predator that was not Dutroux, which make me think that it was someone violent and who had done this many times before who committed this crime.

The last rune was the blank rune, which could either be set aside and not taken in, as there is no historical evidence for a blank rune, or this is in the hands of the universe.

Now, for where Ramona is.

East. Livestock, maybe farms? Forest. Wealth. Shelter. Harvest, again suggesting a farm. Earth. Horses. Forges, maybe an iron-works or factory? Warrior, maybe an army settlement? Estate. River. Ornaments.

Haus Kanne

Bauernhof-Pension Obermuhle

Horst Ewald

Ferienlounge

Landesbetrieb Wald

Schwalenberger forest

Wildpark Neuhaus

Forstrevier Teutoburger

Commerzbank

Shelter e.V.

Kindertagespflege ‘Shelter Ranch’

Tierheim Wau Mau Insel

Hof Kisker Pferdepension

Rattenfangerhotel Berkeler Warte

nautraMUNDO

Ernte Service GBR

Harvest Forsttechnik GmbH

CLAAS KGaA mbH

Horse Paradise

Iron Horse GmbH

River Fleischereibedarf

St. Johannisstift

Waldau Army Airfield

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