Body of British hiker, 29, found near mountain trail in the Swiss Alps three months after he went missing
- Aidan Roche was last heard from on June 22 while hiking in the Grindelwald area
Police have discovered the body of a British hiker near a mountain trail in the Swiss Alps three months after he went missing.
Aidan Roche, 29, was hiking on his own in the Grindelwald area of Switzerland when he was last heard from on June 22, two days before he was due to fly back to the UK.
Swiss police have now found a body, which Aidan’s family claim to be his, after launching a search for the chemical engineer from Middlesborough.
Earlier this year, the force and the mountain rescue service reportedly stopped their search for the experienced hiker, said to be about 6ft2ins and 13st, claiming that they had ‘exhausted every option’ and had had no new evidence of his whereabouts.
Aiden’s friends and family last month released footage from his trip taken on the day he went missing in an effort to identify those he was with before he disappeared.
Police have discovered the body of British hiker Aidan Roche (pictured) near a mountain trail in the Swiss Alps three months after he went missing
Aidan was hiking on his own in the Grindelwald area of Switzerland when he was last heard from on June 22, two days before he was due to fly back to the UK
It is believed Aidan was walking back to his caravan near the village of Grindelvald after visiting a glacier on June 22.
Friends and family began messaging each other after a few days of not hearing from him, then created a group chat because they were so worried.
None of them had heard from Aidan since an hour after he sent them videos of the area that he was hiking in on day he went missing.
In the video Aidan pans around the scenic mountainous area before a woman sitting on a bench appears in the background.
Connor and Aidan’s other brother Niall, 31, have walked the trail he was last seen on several times and a fundraiser has already raised more than £30,000.
Aidan’s campervan was found at a campsite and has now been returned to the UK.
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