| Skeleton found in tree 29 years after suicide |
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2009/04/07 18:00 |
Skeleton found in tree 29 years after suicide
Reuters
Mon Apr 6, 1:50 pm ET
to the top of a tree and shot himself to death nearly 30 years ago has
been found by a hiker.
German police in the southern town of Landshut said on Monday the
69-year-old man disappeared in 1980 and had been classified as
missing.
An 18-year-old hiker discovered a bone in the forest last week and
brought it to police. They searched the area and spotted the skeleton
hanging about 11 meters up, near the top of the spruce tree.
"After searching the area we found the skeleton up in the tree with
the pistol hanging on a rope next to it," police spokesman Leonard
Mayer said. Police were able to identify the man through DNA testing
and an artificial hip.
(Reporting by Franziska Scheven; Editing by Farah Master)
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