in South Eastern Iceland on Wednesday last week, August 19. The body was found in a ravine in an area which is rarely visited by people. The body appeared to have been lying in the ravine for at least several months.
The body, which is of a young male who was 186 cm (6.1 feet) tall, with shoulder length blond hair, did not fit the description of anyone who has been reported missing in Iceland.
Read more: Authorities unable to identify a body discovered by hikers
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service reports that Police in Southern Iceland now believes the body might be of a twenty years old Frenchman who came to Iceland last October. Icelandic authorities are working with French Police on determining if this suspicion is correct. A DNA sample from the body has been sent to a lab in Sweden to determine the identity of the man.
in South Eastern Iceland on Wednesday last week, August 19. The body was found in a ravine in an area which is rarely visited by people. The body appeared to have been lying in the ravine for at least several months.
The body, which is of a young male who was 186 cm (6.1 feet) tall, with shoulder length blond hair, did not fit the description of anyone who has been reported missing in Iceland.
Read more: Authorities unable to identify a body discovered by hikers
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service reports that Police in Southern Iceland now believes the body might be of a twenty years old Frenchman who came to Iceland last October. Icelandic authorities are working with French Police on determining if this suspicion is correct. A DNA sample from the body has been sent to a lab in Sweden to determine the identity of the man.
