Overview
- Police Scotland confirmed formal identification of the remains and said next of kin have been informed.
- Federspiel, 64, vanished on June 15 from Western Ferries’ Sound of Shuna after going to the toilet, with his wife raising the alarm around 1pm seven minutes later.
- A body was discovered on October 12 on Kilcreggan Beach on the Rosneath Peninsula, bringing an end to a four-month search.
- June’s response involved HM Coastguard helicopters, RNLI lifeboats, nearby vessels and Police Scotland’s specialist units, with the search stood down on June 16.
- There were no eyewitnesses and no CCTV covering the relevant side of the ferry, and family noted he was receiving treatment for a rare leukaemia that could affect balance; he was a retired US Navy diver known as “Mark the Shark.”