Overview
- Luciano Capasso, 25, was located and recovered once weather allowed helicopter flights, five days after he vanished during a solo excursion near Fuorcla Trovat at about 2,700 meters.
- The family alleges search-and-rescue never truly began, citing a roughly 50-hour gap after the first signal and claiming officials replied with remarks such as “prepare the funeral.”
- Relatives and their lawyer say Capasso was experienced, carried technical gear and a professional GPS that gave precise coordinates, and sent a final message reading “I will try not to die,” along with a brief video of the blizzard.
- Swiss authorities attribute the death to a large avalanche, suggesting survival would have been unlikely even with fast intervention, while the family questions whether an avalanche warning had been issued and if drones or ground teams could have been used earlier.
- The family reports Swiss officials granted the body’s return as soon as Monday and do not plan a local inquiry, and they have declined an autopsy for now unless Italian authorities open a case.