Vorarlberg: German snowboarder found dead in Austrian ski resort
2/9/2024, 7:42:55 PM
Highlights: Vorarlberg: German snowboarder found dead in Austrian ski resort. 44-year-old, who lives in Austria, was alone in the Bödele ski area on January 20th. Police believe the man got lost in the area and died of hypothermia. The German's body was found two days later in a parking lot on the resort's Bö dele. The man's car was found in the parking lot by an operator on Tuesday. A large-scale search operation was launched in the ski resort area.
After a large-scale search operation, only the body of a missing 44-year-old German was recovered. The snowboarder got lost in the Austrian Alps.
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Vorarlberg police: 44-year-old German found dead
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After several days of searching, a German snowboarder has been found dead in a ski resort in the Austrian Alps. As the Vorarlberg police announced on Friday, the 44-year-old, who lives in Austria, was alone in the Bödele ski area on January 20th. When he didn't show up for an appointment days later, a missing person report was filed.
A parking lot operator on Bödele noticed the man's car on Tuesday, whereupon a large-scale search operation was started in the area. The German's body was found two days later. Police believe the man got lost in the area and died of hypothermia.
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