Bodies of two hikers missing for decades found after Swiss glacier melts

Officials say the bodies of the two Belgians, who went missing in 1992, were discovered after the Trift Glacier receded.

The remains of two Belgian hikers who went missing in 1992 were found in a melting glacier in Switzerland.

Bodies discovered in Swiss Alps as melting glaciers reveal remains  USA Today

The bodies of two Belgian climbers who vanished in the Swiss Alps over three decades ago have been recovered, authorities have confirmed.Police in the southwestern Valais region, which maintains a records database of people reported missing throughout the past century, said that receding glaciers are increasingly expos

DNA tests conducted at a Valais hospital determined that the remains were those of two Belgian hikers, aged 39 and 41 at the time

The bodies of two Belgian mountaineers who went missing in the Swiss Alps more than three decades ago have been found in a melting glacier.

Officials say the bodies of two Belgian mountaineers missing for over three decades in the Swiss Alps have been found

Bodies of 2 hikers missing for decades in Swiss Alps turn up as glacier melts  AP News

Bodies of 2 hikers missing for decades in Swiss Alps turn up after glacier melts  Toronto Star

A DNA analysis revealed the bodies belonged to two mountaineers who were reported missing in the Weissmies mountain region in 1992, police said.

THE BODIES of two missing climbers have been found 34 years after they disappeared in the Swiss Alps. The terrifying discovery was made by a hiker, who reported finding the two bodies on the Trift Glacier, a fast-melting mass of ice in southern Switzerland. Following a recovery operation, the bodies were taken for iden

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