A body found close to a French Alps ski resort was that of a British soldier who went missing in February after a night out, police confirmed Saturday.
Simon Daw, a 27-year-old with 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh, disappeared from the Les Deux Alpes resort on February 12 after a night out in a bar.
A body was found Thursday a few hundred metres from the resort by an off-duty policeman collecting mushrooms, local police said.
An autopsy on Saturday identified the corpse as that of the soldier and found that Daw had died of hypothermia following a fall.
Daw separated from his friends around midnight and was not seen again. Heavy snow fell in the days after Daw’s disappearance and police had been unable to find any trace of him.
His body was to be handed over to the family early next week, police said.
Body found in French Alps is missing British soldier
