Bad Tölz/Lenggries: Vermisst! Suche nach Kanadier Jeff David Freiheit | Lenggries
The Tölz police are launching a search for Jeff David Freiheit. The Canadian, who was alone on the Munich-Venice long-distance hiking trail, has been missing since August 2.
He left Munich on 31 July. Last seen in the Tölzer Land. The family of the 32-year-old had reported to the police in Tyrol after the man's trail had been lost. The Austrian officials forwarded the case to their colleagues in Tölz.
"We do not yet know exactly where something might have happened on the way", says Andreas Rohrhofer, deputy inspection chief of the Tölz police, on request. It is clear at the moment that Freiheit left Tölz at 6 a.m. on 2 August for Lenggries. "He spent the night in Tölz and called me in the morning," reports Freiheit's wife Selena Anne in response to a question from the Tölzer Kurier.
"He was still seen in the area of the Tölzer hut at the Brauneck," Rohrhofer says. From there the path led him towards Tutzinger Hütte and Benediktenwand. "We don't know if he's arrived at the cabin," says his wife. The Alpine task force is currently on its way to clarify this.
The summit book on the Benediktenwand will also be examined. Should Freiheit have entered his name there - "preferably with day and time,"according to Rohrhofer - another piece of the path could be traced. The next stop on the hike would have been Voderriß.
"He had booked an overnight stay there," says Rohrhofer. "He didn't get there, though." Of course, the police also tried to locate the Canadian's cell phone. Without success. "After a few days have passed since the disappearance, it is not surprising.
Update Saturday, 5pm:
There are no new findings in the case of Jeff Freiheit, who went missing. However, the police confirm on request that the 32-year-old is still being sought. The experienced hiker from Brandon in the Canadian province of Manitoba was on the Munich-Venice long-distance hiking trail of his dreams.
The last sign of life was on August 2nd. On this day Freiheit was headed from Brauneck towards Tutzinger Hütte and Benediktenwand. The next stage was to lead him to Vorderriß. There, however, he did not arrive at the accommodation he had booked.
Update Sunday, 6pm:
Where's Jeff David Freiheit? Police and Lenggrieser Bergwacht searched for the missing Canadian on Saturday and Sunday. Until the late afternoon of Sunday without results, according to police. The 32-year-old had set off in Munich on July 31 to hike from there to Venice. Last seen August 2 at Brauneck. There's been no sign of him since.
"On Saturday, the police helicopter flew from Brauneck to the Benediktenwand several times in both directions and at different altitudes," reports Police Commissioner Fritz Schwarm. "They haven't found anything." Also the hope that Freiheit had entered his name in the summit book of the Benediktenwand was not fulfilled, according to Schwarm. Bad luck was that the summit book had been replaced on August 5. So the landlord of the Tutzinger Hütte had to search for the old one first. But also there: no entry.
On Sunday, the Alpine police task force and the Lenggries mountain rescue service deployed in several search teams to search for the missing person at the foot of the ridge in crevasses and under ledges.
In the current weather with not too low temperatures, Schwarm believes it is quite possible that the man, if he has fallen and was injured, has survived until today. Jeff David Freiheit's wife and mother also arrived in Bad Tölz at the weekend.
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Why did the family wait one week to raise the alarm??
