Overview
- Employees on the Mittelplate oil platform discovered a lifeless man washed up against the structure and alerted police, who recovered the body from the North Sea.
- Waterside police units from Hamburg and Brunsbüttel carried out the maritime recovery and handed the case to Kriminalpolizei Heide for forensic investigation.
- Authorities say the man is estimated to be about 50 to 60 years old, roughly 1.75 to 1.85 metres tall, of European appearance with light skin, blue eyes, short grey hair and a short beard.
- Police circulated distinctive identifiers including a scar on the left index finger, two warts at the back of the head, a gold ring on the left ring finger and detailed clothing descriptions and asked anyone with information to call Kriminalpolizei Heide at 0481 940.
- The identity and cause of death remain unknown and investigators are continuing forensic work and public appeals to establish who the man was and how he came to be found at sea.