Person Search Following Fatal Ski Accident Leads to Chemnitz

Two Deaths on a Ski Slope in Quick Succession

One of the most fundamental tasks of a detective is searching for persons – unknown relocated debtors, missing family members, witnesses for court proceedings, or friends lost from sight. In the following case of Aaden Detective Agency Leipzig, the starting point for our address investigation was a tragic event: While skiing in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, Mr. Stollberg’s son had a fatal accident. Due to suspected safety deficiencies on the slope that may have caused the accident, Mr. Stollberg was involved in a legal dispute against the slope operating company.

 

During the ongoing proceedings, he learned through a press release that there had been another death on this slope: a 29-year-old Saxon had been the victim. Mr. Stollberg wished to contact the parents of the second victim to obtain support for the lawsuit against the operating company. He commissioned Aaden Corporate Detective Agency Leipzig to locate the parents.

Research via Press Agencies, Police Departments, Newspapers, and Funeral Homes

Our investigator for Saxony began by searching all published press releases regarding the death of the person sought. This approach aimed first to gather all accessible information, second to check for inconsistencies, and third to identify the original source. It quickly became clear that the wording of the individual releases differed only marginally; essentially, all reprints copied the original wording – unsurprisingly from the APA, Austria’s largest news agency. The release was then distributed to German media by the dpa (German Press Agency). Since our Aaden Detective Agency Leipzig investigator is also a journalist, he has special research options in the journalistic field. He contacted APA and dpa to ask whether information regarding the identity of the deceased was available. Unfortunately, neither agency’s databases contained additional personal information about the deceased.

 

Subsequently, our private detective from Saxony sent further inquiries to the responsible police department in Vorarlberg, the Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, two hotels in direct proximity to the accident site, and a total of 15 funeral homes in the Vorarlberg area up to Bregenz, since one of them must have been involved in transporting the body from Austria to Saxony. From one of these sources, the investigator received information that the deceased was from Chemnitz. Additionally, the first name was now known. Success was also achieved with the ski resort’s mountain rescue service, as the head officer provided the following information: “I can only say that the deceased apparently skied off-piste, fell headfirst into a snow drift in deep snow, and suffocated. I did not carry out the rescue, as the slope operators employ their own piste rescue teams.”

Inquiry to the German Embassy | Funeral Home Provides Address in Chemnitz

Based on the information gathered so far, our detective went to Chemnitz to conduct official records research and determine the family name of the person sought. A clerk referred him to the German Embassy in Vienna: “When a German citizen dies abroad, the German Embassy in that country is informed first.” A very friendly employee of the embassy confirmed knowledge of the case in a phone call with our private detective in Chemnitz but stated that no information could be disclosed due to data protection regulations. However, he offered to act as a relay if the client of Aaden Corporate Detective Agency personally contacted him.

 

Our detective remaining in Chemnitz updated Mr. Stollberg on the investigations to date and requested one more piece of information: the name of the funeral director who handled his son’s case in Vorarlberg. This funeral home was one of the 15 previously researched. The investigator sent a new inquiry to the company – this time including the first name and residence of the deceased – and received from an employee both the surname and the address of the person sought in Chemnitz.

At the Grave of the Target of Our Chemnitz Detective Agency

Immediately after receiving the residential address, our detective went to Chemnitz to gather further information regarding the parents’ contact details. The family name of the deceased was still visible on the doorbell, but no one answered the private investigator’s ringing. The detective then questioned several neighbors, but none were aware of such an accident occurring to a local resident. While on his way to the Citizen’s Office at Düsseldorfer Platz in Chemnitz, he happened to pass a cemetery directly near the deceased’s residence. He tried his luck and asked the cemetery office for directions to the grave. It turned out to be the correct cemetery, and a few seconds later, the investigator of our Chemnitz detective agency stood at the grave of the target. The burial had taken place less than a month earlier.

Moving Conversation with the Grieving Father

Just as the corporate investigator was about to leave the deceased’s final resting place to continue to the Citizen’s Office and research the parents’ address, an unknown man approached him and asked if he knew Marcel. The detective explained he was looking for Marcel’s parents. “Then you have found them, I am Marcel’s father,” replied the man.

 

Our private detective in Chemnitz then carefully presented his request. When he informed the grieving father that another fatal accident had occurred at the same location a year earlier, the man began to cry. He was clearly deeply affected and emotionally suffering from the loss of his son. The investigator explained that Mr. Stollberg had filed a lawsuit against the operating company, and it would be helpful if the friend of the deceased Marcel, who had been present at the accident, could be interviewed as a witness. The father stated that this was too overwhelming at the moment and that he needed to discuss it with his wife first. He also did not want to disclose the name of his son’s friend at this time. Naturally, our detective in Chemnitz showed understanding and left the grieving father the obituary notices for Mr. Stollberg’s son, the client’s address and phone number, and his own contact information.

Notice

Note: For reasons of discretion and data protection, the locations and certain personal details have been altered without changing the substance of the actual events.

 

*Note: All assignments of Aaden Commercial Detective Agency Leipzig are processed by our operations management in Leipzig. We have a network of qualified, vetted investigators who can be active on site for you within a short time.

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