Couple found 75 years after disappearance

GENEVA - The bodies of a Swiss couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago have been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their family, relatives and media said on Tuesday.

The bodies were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif in southern Switzerland on Thursday, along with backpacks, a bottle, a book and a watch, according to Le Matin daily.

Valais canton (state) police said on Wednesday that forensic experts using DNA analysis identified the two as Marcelin Dumoulin and his wife, Francine, who went missing on August 15, 1942.