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Viersen Cold Case Closed as Missing Man Turns Up Alive After 30 Years

Police say he staged a crime scene by injuring himself to vanish.

Overview

  • Boris C. disappeared from Viersen on September 13, 1994 at age 37 and was declared dead in 1997 after his bloodstained car was found in Düsseldorf.
  • In 2024 investigators re-examined blood evidence and confirmed it was his before locating him living in France under his real name.
  • He admitted self-inflicting wounds to fabricate a violent crime and fled to escape debts and feared reprisals.
  • Authorities say he left behind his original family and has since established a new family in France.
  • Polizei Mönchengladbach and Staatsanwaltschaft investigators verified his identity, took his statement and officially closed the Cold Case.