Overview

• Austrian police said mid-October DNA testing identified bones recovered in the Rätikon as those of the 58-year-old.
• The man, from the Black Forest and last recorded in the Kirchlispitzen summit log, disappeared on 27 September 2021 while working on a Swiss alp.
• Remains and personal items were located around 2,300 meters in a large scree below the third Kirchlispitze near the Austria–Switzerland border.
• Investigators say an accidental fall is the most likely scenario, though the exact circumstances remain unclear.
• A multi-agency effort in 2021 involving military, police, rescue teams and volunteers searched the rugged area for weeks without success.