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Skeleton wearing wetsuit washes up on Mediterranean beach
Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published July 7, 2026 8:37am Updated July 7, 2026 8:37am Although the victim has not yet been formally identified, Italian authorities believe it is Mimmo Piepoli (Picture: Jam Press) A skeleton still wearing a wetsuit has washed up on a Mediterranean beach weeks after a kite surfer disappeared. The remains were recovered off the coast of Daryanah, in Libya’s Benghazi district, last Saturday. They are believed to be those of a kite surfer who went missing two months ago. Italian Mimmo Piepoli, 39, vanished while kitesurfing off Porto Cesareo – more than 500 miles from where the body was found. Although formal identification has yet to take place, authorities in Rome believe it to be Mr Piepoli. The married father-of-two was passionate about the sea an
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