Unidentified man, Novara, 28/03/1974
Data shown in the record
- Date of recovery
- 28/03/1974
- Case file number
- 1503
- Place of recovery
- Field, Caselle di Pernate
- Municipality
- Novara
- Province
- Novara
- Region
- Piemonte
- Sex
- Male
- Height
- 167 cm
- Distinguishing marks
- absence of the upper left fifth tooth Not present in the official register; added from a press source cited below.
- Clothing
- red underwear, black and white striped vest, military-style jacket Not present in the official register; added from a press source cited below.
- Presumed cause of death
- Violent
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.
- The initial investigation had hypothesized that the body was that of a decorator missing from Trivolzio since 28 January 1974; the hypothesis was ruled out by relatives and by dental comparison.
Articles and sources
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Non ancora identificato l'uomo ucciso e poi gettato nella concimaia di Pernate
Investigators were cross-checking missing-person reports between Piemonte and Lombardia; no relative had recognized the victim.
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Un cadavere con quattro colpi al cuore rinvenuto in una concimaia a Pernate
The medical examiner estimated death to have occurred about two months before the discovery, which took place on 28 March 1974 and was made by a farmer. The body was wearing red underwear and a black and white striped vest, and showed the absence of the upper left fifth tooth.