Overview
- Mountaineers reported finding human remains on Oct. 15 on the Ober Gabelhorn glacier in Switzerland’s Valais region.
- Valais cantonal police retrieved the remains and personal effects by helicopter and opened an investigation.
- Authorities identified the individual as a Swiss citizen born in 1969 who vanished during a 1994 ascent.
- Two climbers disappeared in the area on Nov. 4, 1994; one was found in 2000, and this discovery resolves the case.
- Reporters note that shrinking glaciers have led to more recoveries of long-missing hikers and climbers in recent years.