Unidentified man, Ventimiglia (Imperia), 03/08/1999

Data shown in the record

Date of recovery: 03/08/1999
Case file number: 215
Place of recovery: Sea, Latte locality
Municipality: Ventimiglia
Province: Imperia
Region: Liguria
Sex: Male
Estimated age: between 40 and 50 years
Height: 170 cm
Weight: between 60 and 70 kg
Biogeographic ancestry: Caucasian Previous version of the register: Caucasoide
Hair colour: Brown
Clothing: Black jeans-style trousers, brand "BEST LAUMIS", brown shoes size 42-43 approximately, white socks, long sleeve shirt with blue and brown vertical stripes, brand "JOHN GRAY PARIS", black cotton belt with blue horizontal stripes, under the trousers he/she was wearing a blue briefs-style swimsuit
Personal effects: On the left wrist, an analogue watch with round dial and blue background, and black strap, "MAIA HONDURAS" brand
Presumed cause of death: Drowning

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

Investigators initially suspected a link to Slavic criminal circles, a hypothesis not confirmed in the subsequently found sources.

Svolta nel giallo del cadavere, la Procura ordina nuovi esami

La Stampa, 29 August 1999

The article places the discovery on 4 August, one day after the date in the record; the first article, of 5 August, instead refers to the evening of the 3rd, consistent with the record. Investigators suspected a link to Slavic criminal circles, a hypothesis not confirmed subsequently.
Un cadavere scoperto a Latte: giallo, malore o incidente?

La Stampa, 5 August 1999

The article, published in the immediate aftermath, initially suggests a sudden illness or an accident; a later article of 29 August establishes that the cause was drowning, as also given in the record.