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Remains With Firefighter Trouser Found in Danube as Police Probe Link to Missing Offingen Firefighter

DNA analysis will determine whether the find relates to the 22-year-old who vanished after a rescue boat capsized in June 2024.

Overview

  • Surveying crews located human remains with a firefighting trouser between Dillingen and Steinheim near the Dillingen hydropower plant.
  • Police presidia in Augsburg and Kempten opened identification procedures, with forensic examinations underway.
  • Kriminalpolizei Neu-Ulm is conducting the investigation under the oversight of the Memmingen public prosecutor’s office.
  • Authorities say DNA results are pending and no identification has been made.
  • Further police searches along the Danube in the affected area are scheduled for next week, following earlier extensive but unsuccessful efforts to find the missing firefighter.