Backpack Links Glacier Remains to Man Missing for 19 Years

Relatives of a man who disappeared 19 years ago have contacted investigators after human remains were recovered from the Severtsov Glacier in the Almaty region, Orda.kz reports.

The man’s daughter said in an Instagram story that a friend sent her a photograph of the backpack found with the remains.

I immediately realized it was my father’s backpack because it was an old Soviet frame backpack,she said.

The family contacted the investigator and provided surviving documents and photographs, including images of the missing man carrying the backpack. The investigator later told them that a certificate bearing her father’s name had been found inside it.

Belarusian hikers reported finding the remains near the glacier on August 19. They sent emergency services the coordinates, photographs and video from the site.

Emergency Situations Ministry personnel recovered the body from the high-altitude area and transferred it to the Almaty Region Police Department.

The backpack and document indicate that the remains may belong to the man who disappeared 19 years ago. Police have not yet announced the results of a formal forensic identification

Original author: Alina Kostina

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