Overview
- Police in the British Sovereign Base Areas said DNA testing identified remains found in mid-January as those of Vladislav Baumgertner, 53.
- The body was discovered on Avdimou beach on Cyprus’s southern coast within the jurisdiction of the UK bases.
- Authorities said the Criminal Investigation Department of the bases’ police is leading the case.
- Officials reported that Baumgertner’s family has been notified of the identification.
- Baumgertner, a former chief executive of potash producer Uralkali who had been living in Limassol, was reported missing on January 7.