Near the French border: Swiss police find a human skeleton on a glacier
Created: 08/05/2022, 02:17 p.m
By: Anna Lorenz
The Swiss Alps near Valais.
© IMAGO / R. Kistowski/Wonderful Earth
A morbid discovery is currently puzzling the Valais cantonal police.
A body was found on a glacier - but it was already skeletonized.
who is the dead
Canton of Valais – It must have been a shocking moment: As has now become known, a skeletonized body was found in the Swiss Alps last week (week 30).
The Valais cantonal police are investigating.
Switzerland: Skeleton found on glacier in canton of Valais – identification efforts underway
The body was found on the Stockji Glacier.
This is part of the Swiss Alps and is not far from the French borders near the Matterhorn.
The police of the canton of Valais is responsible for the investigation of the discovered human skeleton.
The Swiss daily newspaper
Le Nouvelliste
had already reported on the find, but confirmation by the Valais canton police was still pending.
On Wednesday, August 03, 2022,
Blick
reported, at the request of the
Keystone-SDA
news agency , it now announced that the report was correct.
Since the medical examiner is currently autopsiing the remains, further details have not been released.
However, it cannot be ruled out that the person died a long time ago and has now appeared through the ice that was melting as part of global warming.
The identity could not be clarified so far.
(askl)