The body of a man was found in an inaccessible cave in what is currently Europe's largest active volcano, Etna. Whose remains are they?
Sicilian police are investigating whether the human remains found in this cave on Mount Etna are those of a journalist who disappeared more than 50 years ago. Specifically, the Italian Mauro de Mauro , who died in the 1970s and whose disappearance was related to a kidnapping by the Cosa Nostra mafia because, apparently, he possessed sensitive information about the alleged murder of the head of ENI, Enrico Mattei.
Police said the man is believed to be at least 50 years old, 1.7 meters tall and had "congenital malformations of his nose and mouth." His daughter, after reading this information, contacted the authorities, since her father, Mauro de Mauro, had these characteristics on his face due to an injury suffered during the Second World War.
Police found the body during police training in Catania, a city south of the volcano. The sniffer dogs caught the scent and ended up leading the police officers to the entrance of the cave where the body was found.
Initial investigations indicate that the man does not appear to have died a violent death.