Unidentified man, Trento, 03/01/1999
Data shown in the record
- Date of recovery
- 03/01/1999
- Case file number
- 199
- Place of recovery
- Municipality of Trento, Meano hamlet, Buse dei Canopi locality
- Municipality
- Trento
- Province
- Trento
- Region
- Trentino Alto Adige
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- between 25 and 35 years
- Height
- between 165 and 170 cm
- Biogeographic ancestry
- African Previous version of the register: Negroide
- Hair colour
- Black Not present in the official register; added from a press source cited below.
- Clothing
- Purple hooded sweatshirt, cotton t-shirt, jeans, ankle boots
- Presumed cause of death
- Violent
- Further information
- Pelvic fracture.
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 RAI account describes clothing different from the record: hiking boots marked "Sole made in Italy", embroidered knee socks, briefs labelled "L'intimo uomo", a size L T-shirt, and a blue sweater marked "Ultratch" found near the body.
- A computer-generated facial reconstruction of the man, produced by experts appointed by the court, was published to assist identification.
Articles and sources
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Il cadavere della Val Torcia
Record from the Corpi senza nome catalogue of Chi l'ha visto?, with the details released to aid identification.