Overview
- A passerby alerted emergency services and rescue teams recovered a body from the Main near the Mainbrücke between Kemmern and Hallstadt on Saturday.
- Fire brigade units, DLRG and BRK water rescue crews, the water police, emergency medical services and local police carried out the recovery and secured the scene.
- Investigators from Kriminalpolizei Bamberg say the body likely spent several days in the river, which has made visual identification difficult.
- Police report there are currently no signs of third-party involvement and have opened inquiries into identity and cause of death.
- Authorities are asking witnesses with information to call 0951/9129-491 while forensic steps such as autopsy, fingerprint or DNA checks and toxicology tests proceed.