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Unidentified man, Bobbio (Torino), 16/08/2000

Data shown in the record

Date of recovery
16/08/2000
Case file number
250
Place of recovery
Benettum locality
Municipality
Bobbio
Province
Torino
Region
Piemonte
Sex
Male
Estimated age
30 years Previous version of the register: 30 Register value corrected on the basis of a press source cited below.
Height
between 167 and 175 cm
Biogeographic ancestry
Caucasian Not present in the official register; added from a press source cited below.
Hair colour
Blond
Distinguishing marks
Beard and moustache
Clothing
Beige cotton half-sleeve t-shirt with 4 buttonholes and 3 matching buttons and a small pocket on the left chest, jeans trousers, brand VALENTINO, high-waist briefs with elastic, writing "FRAGI UOMO", separately a black leather belt "DG", bluish-purple wool sweater with red-blue tartan pattern, TG.50, shoes "ACICS GEL"
Personal effects
lighter; two-hundred-lira coin in pocket, five-thousand-lira phone card found near the body Previous version of the register: accendino Register value corrected on the basis of a press source cited below.
Presumed cause of death
Natural causes
Further information
Death occurred sometime between a few weeks and at most 1 year earlier. Reddish blond, crew cut, beard and moustache. Previous version of the register: Decesso risalente a un periodo da poche settimane prima a massimo 1 anno , biondo rossiccio, taglio a spazzola,barba e baffi

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Notes on this record

What emerges when the official register data are compared with the press sources collected below.

  • The record lists the municipality of Bobbio and the province of Torino: Bobbio is in the province of Piacenza, while Bobbio Pellice, in Val Pellice, is in the province of Torino, a municipality consistent with the province given and with the discovery location (Benettum, near the Barbara refuge) reported by an article dated 24 August 2000.

Articles and sources

  • Il giallo della mummia di Bobbio Pellice

    La Stampa, 24 August 2000

    L'autopsia citata nell'articolo stimava un'età apparente fra 35 e 45 anni, più alta di quella indicata nella scheda.

  • Il cadavere ritrovato in Val Pellice

    Chi l'ha visto? (Rai 3), 16 August 2000

    Abbinamento probabile ma non confermato. Stessa data e stessa provincia: 16 agosto 2000; l'archivio registra il comune come Bobbio (Torino), località Benettum, verosimilmente Bobbio Pellice. Scheda del catalogo "Corpi senza nome" di Chi l'ha visto (Rai 3).

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