Eat – Eight years of uncertainty. Eight years of fear of news that would extinguish the last shred of hope. Ralf K.’s family experienced difficult and stressful times. Now he knows: his loved one who disappeared without a trace in 2017 is dead.
In February eight years ago the area manager was a household name Beer brand The “Pilsener King” left in his official car and never returned. Now his Mercedes was accidentally found in a garage in Essen (NRW) have found. In the car: Ralf K.’s body – apparently he took his own life when he was 42 years old.
DNA analysis brings certainty
It’s tragic when someone doesn’t see another way out. But suicide is not the solution – there is always help, hope and a way back to life. Ralf K. clearly did not seek this help or did not find it. His family, friends and colleagues have been filled with questions and hope for eight years – until now.
Spokesman POLICE to BILD: “A property manager who wanted to check vacancies opened a garage in Essen-Borbeck.” Apparently this hasn’t been included for eight years. DNA analysis confirmed that the deceased person in the driver’s seat was Ralf K.
The family used the poster to search for Ralf K.
He is famous and popular
During the investigation in Missing person case In 2017, police officers investigated whether the man might have rented the garage. However, there was no evidence of this at the time. After the autopsy, forensic pathologists ruled out external influences as the cause of death.
Ralf K. is considered caring and reliable. He is well known and popular in the world of gastronomy through his work in beverage wholesale. Photos from the city festival show him during an interview at festival-Stage as beer sponsor representative.
On the day of the disappearance he last reported from the Duisburg area, where he had been traveling for work. After a company party in Mülheim-Styrum, where both phones went offline at the same time, the trail was lost.
The family continues to ask for guidance
Ralf K.’s family opened up again and again Facebook asked for information – but no luck. Friends and relatives were never able to explain his disappearance. For eight years there was only hope. Why no one knows about the garage, whether and how the rent is paid, and why anyone is only looking there now remains unclear – as do the reasons that made Ralf K. take this step.
All that remains are the people who loved him, who searched, who were afraid – and who now mourn.
