Unidentified man, Gioiosa Marea (Messina), 27/05/2013

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Date of recovery: 27/05/2013
Case file number: 879
Place of recovery: Sea, Capo Calava beach
Municipality: Gioiosa Marea
Province: Messina
Region: Sicilia
Sex: Male
Estimated age: 30 years
Height: between 168 and 175 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Biogeographic ancestry: Caucasian Previous version of the register: Caucasoide
Clothing: No clothing except for a black/dark sock and a beige shoe, brand Grisport Active, with a beige rubber sole, size "41", bearing the writing "made in Italy" Previous version of the register: Indossava solo una calzatura tg 41 marca "grisport active" con fondo di gomma beige.
Presumed cause of death: drowning Not present in the official register; added from a press source cited below.

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

According to the autopsy, the body had likely been in the water for at least twenty days.
The RAI account describes the sock as blue, while the record indicates it as black or dark-colored.

Chi era il giovane trovato sulla spiaggia di Gioiosa Marea (Messina)?

Chi l'ha visto? (Rai 3), 27 May 2013

Record from the Corpi senza nome catalogue of Chi l'ha visto?, with the details released to aid identification.