Austria: Skeletonized body found at summit - first suspicion
Created: 06/21/2022, 14:15
By: Martina Lippl
Kleinwalsertal in Austria: After finding a skeleton at the summit, the police have suspicions.
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A skeletonized body was found on a mountain during a private search in Austria's Kleinwalsertal.
The police express their first suspicions.
Hirschegg – A skeletonized body has been discovered below the Hochgehrenspitze in the Kleinwalsertal (Austria).
The skeleton was found during a private search with a drone, reports the ORF.
Austria: skeleton found during a private search in the Kleinwalsertal
As the Voralberg police announced on Tuesday, it is most likely a man from Baden-Württemberg who has been missing since autumn 2021.
According to the police, a woman had specifically searched for the missing person with a drone.
The private drone search has been running for three days, according to the ORF.
She then found the mortal remains of the man on Saturday at an altitude of 2,286 meters - 65 meters below the summit of the Hochgehrenspitze.
Police: Crash likely cause of death
The 67-year-old man from Baden-Württemberg was hiking in the Fellhorn - Fiderepass area.
A search for the missing person in the fall was unsuccessful.
Due to the finding situation, the police consider a fall of the man to be likely.
The body was recovered by a police helicopter and flown down to the valley.
According to their own statements, the Kleinwalsertal police are conducting further investigations together with the German police to clarify the exact identity and the course of the accident.
Last year, forest workers in the Black Forest made a grisly discovery.
They discovered a human skeleton near the Feldberg summit.
The remains of a man missing for almost six years.
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