Unidentified man, Abruzzo, 30/07/2022
Reported as identified
Press reports state that this person has been identified. The official register has not updated the record. Source: Abruzzo24ore e Il Capoluogo, 4 luglio 2023: identificato dai carabinieri tramite una protesi femorale, un anno dopo il ritrovamento.
Data shown in the record
- Date of recovery
- 30/07/2022
- Case file number
- 2922
- Place of recovery
- Castrovalva hamlet, SP 123, km 0+600
- Region
- Abruzzo
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- between 60 and 70 years
- Distinguishing marks
- femoral prosthesis Not present in the official register; added from a press source cited below.
- Clothing
- None
Where the recovery took place
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Notes on this record
What emerges when the official register data are compared with the press sources collected below.
- Sources report that the body was identified through a femoral prosthesis, as part of proceedings for concealment of a corpse: the record remains among the unidentified.
- Sources report that the age estimated at the time of discovery (60-70) was lower than the victim's actual age of 81, established after identification (Abruzzo24Ore).
- According to press reconstructions, the body was undressed and transported about 350 km from Trani before being abandoned (Il Capoluogo).
Articles and sources
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Risolto il giallo dell'uomo trovato morto nel sacco a pelo, indagati i figli
The age estimated at the time of discovery (60-70 years) was lower than her actual 81 years, as can happen with bodies in an advanced state of decomposition.
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Trovano il padre 81enne morto nel letto e si disfano del cadavere: risolto il giallo di Castrovalva
According to the reconstruction reported in the article, the body was undressed and abandoned after a journey of about 350 km from Trani.