Two individuals have contacted the coroner's office with information potentially relevant to the 1988 murder of 18-year-old German backpacker Inga Maria Hauser in County Antrim. Her body was found in Ballypatrick Forest near Ballycastle in April 1988. No prosecution has followed the killing.

Hauser was last seen on a ferry from Scotland to Larne two weeks before her body was discovered. The inquest into her death began proceedings in 2024 after a long campaign by her family.

A pre-inquest review took place in Belfast Coroner's Court on Monday. Hauser's sister Friederike Leibl attended via video link from Munich.

Philip Henry, barrister for the coroner, stated that a witness statement would be taken from one person who reached out to the office. Material is also due from a member of the public who researched the case.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland supplied about 800 witness statements along with roughly 3,200 items total. An additional 6,000 documents await review for relevance, indexed in a 189-page list.

A PSNI barrister noted that some materials involve sensitivity and may prompt a public interest immunity application.

Brenda Campbell, barrister for the Hauser family, called for forensic science service records and rolling disclosure of documents.

The hearing adjourned to May 15. In 2020, authorities chose not to prosecute a 60-year-old man arrested over the murder or a 57-year-old woman for withholding information, citing insufficient evidence for conviction.