Unidentified man, Racines (Bolzano), 18/09/1968
Data shown in the record
- Date of recovery
- 18/09/1968 Previous version of the register: 18/09/1969
- Case file number
- 1
- Place of recovery
- Stange waterfalls
- Municipality
- Racines
- Province
- Bolzano
- Region
- Trentino Alto Adige
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- between 40 and 50 years
- Height
- 175 cm
- Distinguishing marks
- Bald except for a small tuft of hair
- Clothing
- Trouser belt with shreds of light grey Terital trousers, and a dark red tie with small light blue flowers
- Further information
- Probably a foreigner, Previous version of the register: Probabile straniero, calvo tranne piccolo ciuffo
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.
- An article by UdineToday (June 2026) calls this the oldest open case in Italy according to the national register of unidentified bodies; the cause of death is still listed there as unknown.
Articles and sources
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Una cravatta, una gonna bianca, un piccolo tatuaggio: le storie dei corpi senza nome trovati Friuli
The national register of unidentified bodies lists it as the oldest open case in Italy; at the time the article was published, the body had not yet been claimed.
Original record
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