Overview

• Search teams located Hall’s body on July 17 in a deep crevice near the Cross of Daloo, where evidence suggests he fell from the trail.
• A mountain rescue helicopter was deployed to extract his remains from the hazardous terrain and transfer them to Sondrio hospital.
• The local prosecutor has been informed and the case is being treated as an accidental death under standard Italian post-mortem procedures.
• The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is supporting Hall’s mother after her arrival in Italy, and his father is expected to join her soon.
• Officials say paperwork for repatriation of Hall’s body to the UK will be completed in the coming days.