World · Middle East · 12 hrs ago
Missing 65-year-old found dead in wooded area in Düzce
Yaşar Kandemir, 65, was found dead in a wooded area in Gümüşova, in Turkey’s Düzce province.
He had gone out to graze his animals and did not return, although the animals came back home.
His family alerted emergency services after he failed to return.
A 46-person team involving gendarmes, commandos and disaster response workers searched the area, using a drone and a tracking dog.
Searchers found Kandemir about 1.5 kilometres from home and he was confirmed dead at the scene.
His body was taken to a morgue after a prosecutor’s examination.
Yaşar Kandemir, 65, was found dead in a wooded area in Düzce’s Gümüşova district.
He had gone out to graze his animals and did not return, although the animals came home.
His family alerted the 112 Emergency Call Center.
A 46-person search team found him about 1.5 kilometres from his home.
Medical teams confirmed his death, and his body was taken to a morgue after a prosecutor’s examination.
- Who
- Yaşar Kandemir, 65.
- What
- He was found dead in a wooded area after a search.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Gümüşova district, Düzce, Türkiye.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Kandemir went out to graze his animals, but did not return while the animals came home.
His family reported him missing to the 112 Emergency Call Center.
A 46-person team, coordinated by gendarmerie, commando and AFAD personnel, searched the area using a drone and a tracking dog.
Kandemir was found motionless in a wooded area about 1.5 kilometres from his home, and medical teams confirmed his death.
- Age
- 65
- Search team
- 46 people
- Search location
- Gümüşova district, Düzce
- Distance from home
- About 1.5 kilometres
- Search tools
- Drone and tracking dog