The dead man found in Lake Eching on Tuesday evening is undoubtedly the corpse of a young festival visitor who has been missing since last Friday. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North on Wednesday. The autopsy of the 25-year-old’s body should begin in the afternoon. This is to show whether the man drowned. “But at the moment we are still assuming an accident,” emphasized the spokesman.
Tobias D. was missing from his friends on Friday evening after a festival at the lake in the Freising district. A large-scale search operation using helicopters and dogs was unsuccessful. On Tuesday, a swimmer found the body in the middle of the small lake and, with the help of two women, he brought the body to shore before the emergency services arrived. An emergency doctor could only determine the death of the man. According to the police, the appearance, clothing and personal belongings of the dead matched the description of Tobias D., who had been missing since Friday. On Tuesday, the police, with 70 officers, searched the campsite and the shore area of the lake for the missing person.
The 25-year-old visited the “Brass Wiesn” on Lake Eching with two friends last week and has since disappeared. According to the police, his companions had lost sight of him on Friday evening, and the telephone contact was broken off a little later. According to initial findings, the investigators assume an accident, as a spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North told the German Press Agency when asked.