Unidentified man, Messina, 07/01/2020

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Date of recovery: 07/01/2020
Case file number: 2825
Place of recovery: Tusa
Municipality: Messina
Province: Messina
Region: Sicilia
Sex: Male
Estimated age: between 20 and 30 years
Height: 170 cm
Weight: between 65 and 75 kg
Biogeographic ancestry: Caucasian
Distinguishing marks: Tattoo on the back in the shape of a stylized bat (Batman), about 15 cm wide; tribal tattoo wrapping around the left forearm, about 3 cm wide; tattoo in the shape of an "M" (probable Scorpio zodiac symbol) measuring 3 x 3 cm
Clothing: Diving suit, brand "ACQUA LUNG" WOMAN, TAGLIA M/L, black with purple inserts in the underarm areas. ADIDAS sneakers, black and gold

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

A source from October 2020 reports that a woman had reportedly identified two of the three divers found dead in Sicilia in the same period by their tattoos; no source consulted gives names, and it is not specified whether the identification also concerns this file.

«Ho riconosciuto i miei figli dai tatuaggi sui loro corpi» Svolta sul giallo dei tre sub trovati morti sulle spiagge

MeridioNews, 1 October 2020

No source consulted gives the victim's name.
Sicilia, 2 sub morti e droga in spiaggia

il Giornale, 13 January 2020

The article estimates the victim's age at around 40, higher than the 20/30 range given in the record.
Il giallo dei sub trovati morti in mare si batte la pista del traffico di droga

la Repubblica (ed. Palermo), 12 January 2020

Probable but unconfirmed match. Body of a diver recovered in an advanced state of decomposition in the sea off the Messina area (Castel di Tusa) on 8 January 2020, a few days after a similar discovery at Cefalu. On the body, hand-done tattoos; the investigation is also following...
Castel di Tusa, cadavere di un sub in decomposizione trovato in spiaggia

Castelbuono Live, 8 January 2020

Probable but unconfirmed match. Body found the previous evening by two passers-by on the shoreline of Castel di Tusa; no compatible missing-person report in the area. The body was transferred to the morgue of the hospital of Patti, investigation by the Patti procura.