Two Bodies Found After 34 Years in Retreating Swiss Glacier
DNA comparison confirmed the remains of two Belgian mountaineers missing since 1992 after glacier melt exposed them, police said.
- On Wednesday, the Valais cantonal police confirmed that DNA testing identified two Belgian climbers whose bodies were discovered on the Trift Glacier 34 years after they vanished in the Swiss Alps.
- In September 1992, the two men set out from the Weissmies hut aiming to climb the 4,017-metre Weissmies summit, reaching the Almagell hut before being caught by bad weather during their ascent.
- A hiker reported finding the remains on July 26 in Saas-Grund, prompting a recovery operation that transported the bodies to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Valais Hospital in Sion.
- Climate change is accelerating the melting of Alpine glaciers, causing the ice to release human remains trapped for decades and leading to the discovery of several missing mountaineers in the region.
- The Valais cantonal police maintain a list of missing persons dating back to 1925, primarily concerning individuals lost in high mountains or rivers. Last year, another mountaineer who vanished in 1994 was found on the Ober Gabelhorn.
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The remains of two Belgian mountaineers, who have been missing since 1992, were found at the end of July on the Trift glacier in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Both bodies were released by the melting of the ice before being spotted by a hiker. - Switzerland: 34 years after their disappearance, the bodies of two Belgian mountaineers found (International).
Two Belgians left on the Trift Glacier in 1992 were found at the end of July. Many cold-cold remains have been discovered in recent years.
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The bodies of two Belgian climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps 34 years ago have been found, freed from the melting Trift Glacier, local police said.
The remains of two Belgian mountaineers, who had disappeared since 1992, were discovered thanks to the melting of the Trift glacier in the canton of Valais.
"A direct comparison of DNA profiles has made it clear that they were two mountaineers who had disappeared in the Weissmies region since 1992," said the Valais police.
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