A 38-year-old man from Kamensk-Uralsky, missing since July 17
A 38-year-old man from Kamensk-Uralsky, missing since July 17, was found dead in his car on a highway in Sverdlovsk Oblast two weeks later by his wife and her friend, after repeated failed attempts to get police to initiate official search efforts. The police response was delayed, and the man's keys and phone were not found.
Consensus
- The man was 38 years old and from Kamensk-Uralsky.
- He went missing on July 17.
- His body was found in his car on a highway in Sverdlovska Oblast.
- The body was discovered by his wife and her friend.
- The discovery occurred on August 1.
- The man had been dead for one to two weeks before being found.
- The keys and mobile phone of the deceased were not found.
- The police were notified after the body was found, but their response was delayed.
- A service check has been initiated against staff of the 23rd police department in Kamensk-Uralsky.
Points of divergence
- The wife independently went on a search and found the body in the car on the roadside. — riamo
- The wife and her friend started searching from the last known intersection and found the body within three hours. — vm
- The police arrived at the scene more than five hours after the call, due to a corpse odor. — riamo
- The police arrived five hours after the call, and the cause of death remains undetermined. — vm
- The family has appealed to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, demanding an investigation into the circumstances of death and police conduct. — vm
- The family did not mention appealing to the Investigative Committee. — riamo
- The police only formally reviewed traffic camera footage and then stopped active searches. — vm
- The family managed to get an official search started only late on July 31. — riamo
Coverage (2 sources)
- Woman found missing husband dead in car on highway in Sverdlovsk region — РИАМО
- Woman from Sverdlovsk found husband dead on highway two weeks after he went missing — Вечерняя Москва