Vermisster Tourengeher fast 60 Jahre später mittels DNA identification

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9/01/2025 12:20

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Almost 60 years after his disappearance, the fate of a ski tourer who had an accident in Rotmoostal near Sölden in Tyrol (Imst district) in 1967 was clarified.

Forensic experts from Innsbruck, based on DNA tests, determined that the lower leg and foot found there in 2024 could be attributed to a 30-year-old German from Baden-Württemberg, the police announced on Thursday.

The police recovered bones, a lower leg and a foot

The man apparently fell into a crevasse in the area of the so-called Waterfallferner at an altitude of approximately 3,200 meters and has since been reported missing. At the end of August 2024, several bones, a lower leg and a foot were finally found in the Gurgl district of Rotmoostal at an altitude of 2,459 meters. The police recovered the bones, the lower leg and the foot and handed them over to the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University of Innsbruck.

Expert opinions provided clarity: although some of the bones were of animal origin, the lower leg and foot were part of the human body. Further DNA tests were also carried out, which showed that part of a human body could be attributed to the 30-year-old German. According to the director, there are no relatives of the missing skier.

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