Two bodies found after 34 years in retreating Swiss glacier

The bodies of two Belgian mountaineers, aged 39 and 41 when they went missing in 1992, have been discovered in the melting Trift Glacier in Switzerland. The remains were discovered on July 26 in the municipality of Saas-Grund, canton Valais. A recovery operation was organised and the bodies were taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Valais Hospital in Sion for identification. “A direct comparison of DNA profiles has formally established that the bodies were those of two…