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Body of German missing for 30 years found on Swiss glacier

Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:16:58 +0200

The remains of a German hiker who went missing in August 1987 have been found on a glacier near Saas-Grund in the canton of Valais, police have said.

After 75 years, Swiss couple found on glacier finally laid to rest

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 19:47:31 +0200

The remains of a couple, found on a receding glacier in the Swiss Alps 75 years after they had disappeared, were at long last buried on Saturday near their native village.

Glacier bodies identified: 'We spent our whole lives searching for them'

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:11:23 +0200

UPDATED: The two bodies uncovered on a Swiss glacier last week have been formally identified as a married couple from Chandolin who disappeared in 1942.

Bodies of couple dead for 70 years found on Swiss glacier

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:06:59 +0200

Human remains thought to date back to before World War Two were discovered preserved in the ice at Glacier 3,000 last week.

Bumper bodies can only burn in Bern

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0200

Swiss crematoriums are increasingly facing the problem of what to do with overweight corpses – only Bern has the facility to deal with the obese deceased.