A Swiss couple who disappeared from
their farm in the Alps during World War II have finally been found, 75 years later, mummified in a glacier.
Marcelin, 40, and Francine, 37, Dumoulin went missing on
August 15, 1942, after leaving to milk their cows in a meadow near their home.
They never returned to their family, including their six children.
A worker found the frozen bodies of a man and a woman last
week during routine maintenance. The corpses were preserved in the receding
Tsanfleuron glacier, near a slew of trendy ski resorts at 2,600 meters (8,500
feet) above sea level.
"From afar, it looked like small rocks, but there were
too many in the same place," noted nearby Glacier 3000 resort director Bernhard Tschannen
in an interview with Radio Television Swisse.
Francine (left) and Marcelin Dumoulin went missing from
their Swiss farm in 1942.
When he got closer, he noticed a collection of frozen
accessories -- backpacks, watches, mess kits, a glass bottle and boots -- all
of which dated back several decades.
Decked in World War II-era clothing, the duo was frozen
close together. Their bodies have since been airlifted from the Alps.
The couple's youngest daughter, 79-year-old Marceline
Udry-Dumoulin, told Swiss paper Le Matin their children had never stopped looking for them.
"We spent our whole lives looking for them, without
stopping. We thought that we could give them the funeral they deserved one
day," she said.
Another daughter, Monique Gautschy-Dumoulin, told Radio Television Swisse (RTS) her parents were walking to the
valley the morning of their disappearance. It was a nice day, she says. Her
father was singing.
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