A trace of the German model missing for 11 years first emerged when her name was apparently mentioned in Epstein’s files. The woman, identified only as “Michelle,” left her family home in September 2015, at the age of 22 and has not been heard from since, according to a report by German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel.After leaving Germany, Michele is said to have kept in touch with Daniel Siad, a model recruiter linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case. According to Der Spiegel, she spent some time in Dubai and other international locations before disappearing from contact.Siad is currently under investigation in France over allegations that he helped Epstein recruit and traffick women. He denied these accusations. Epstein, a disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, died in a New York prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges involving minors.Siad’s name appears to appear frequently in documents linked to the Epstein case, including emails in which he allegedly shared photos and physical details of women with Epstein. Among them were reportedly photos of Michelle, along with a message that Epstein would allegedly “love”.Documents in the Epstein files, released by the US Department of Justice in September 2025, are said to show that Siad discussed Michelle with Epstein in 2014, a year before her disappearance. According to records cited in media reports, Siad sent Epstein a photo of Michelle in February 2014, saying it was the only photo he had of her from Dubai.
Epstein reportedly responded and thanked him for the photo.In another message the following month, Siad allegedly referred to Michelle as “the girl I missed from Germany” and described her as someone he knew well, adding that Epstein “would love her.” However, there is no evidence that Michelle ever met Epstein, according to Der Spiegel. However, the newspaper said it found no evidence that Michelle ever met Epstein.Two of Epstein’s former associates also told the magazine that they had never met Michel.More than a decade after her disappearance, Michelle’s fate remains unknown. Her mother told the newspaper that she feared her daughter was no longer alive and suspected that something had happened to her.Meanwhile, according to Michelle’s sister mentioned in the Daily Mail report, the aspiring model left home in 2015 without telling her family where she was going or how long she planned to stay away.
After a month of no contact, her relatives reported her disappearance to the police. However, under German law, authorities can only conduct an active search if there is evidence that a crime may have been committed.Her father, Vlado, told Der Spiegel magazine that he and Michele’s mother, Annette, are still desperate for answers. “It is very important for us to find her again, regardless of the situation,” he said.Family members said Michelle had dreamed of becoming a model since her teenage years, a career choice her parents viewed with concern. “I wanted her to have a stable job,” Annette said, recalling her conversations with her daughter. “I told her, ‘You look beautiful now, but what are you going to do when you’re 30 or 40 and no one’s booking you anymore?’According to her family, Michelle moved to Dubai in 2012 and told her mother that she worked as a waitress.
There, her mother said, she met model Danielle Siad. Her father later claimed that Michelle told him that she worked for Siad as an escort.A former partner of Michelle’s claimed that Siad would frequently call her and be verbally abusive to her. “She was constantly receiving calls. Sometimes she would be insulted loudly,” the former partner was quoted as saying, adding: “I had the impression that she was under a lot of pressure.”Michelle later returned to Germany and entered rehabilitation, according to her family. Her father said the two often discussed plans for a fresh start. “We agreed: When I come back from vacation, we’ll look for an apartment for her,” he recalls. “And a real job.”These plans were never realized. Shortly after spending several days with her mother in August 2015, Michelle disappeared without warning and has not been heard from since.