Overview

• Regional LizaAlert ended the mass phase on the evening of October 12, shifting to specific assignments carried out by accredited rescue teams.
• Investigators say experienced alpinists and speleologists are sweeping rock fields and caves in the grid where Sergei Usoltsev’s phone last connected about 7 km from Kuturchin on September 28.
• Police reported their active search phase has concluded and said operative checks continue, including canvassing settlements in the Partizansky, Sayansky and Mansky districts.
• A criminal case over the family’s disappearance is underway, with seasoned forensic investigators deployed and prosecutorial oversight in place.
• Authorities documented severe search conditions with deep snow and injuries among volunteers, and noted the family’s car lacked hiking gear as the group set out lightly dressed toward Mount Buratinka.