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Viersen: Living cold case! Missing man turns up after 30 years!
Mönchengladbach police clarify cold case: Boris C., missing since 1994, is alive! Traces of blood in the car were part of his legend.
Viersen: Living cold case! Missing man turns up after 30 years!
In a remarkable case of rediscovery and investigation, Mönchengladbach police have solved a cold case that remained unsolved for over 30 years. The case concerns Boris C., a 37-year-old Croatian from Viersen, who has been missing since September 13, 1994. After his car was found with traces of blood in Düsseldorf, the public prosecutor assumed that there had been a homicide and a murder squad was set up. In 1997, Boris was declared dead at the request of his family, while the investigation was repeatedly renewed over the years. But what no one knew at the time: the case developed into an astonishing legend.
Recent forensic analysis has confirmed that the blood in Boris' car actually came from him. It was part of a plan he had devised himself to escape abroad. In 2024, the police and prosecutors managed to determine that Boris was still alive. Contact was made and he was positively identified. The bloody trail and the abandoned car were just a legend that Boris had inflated in order to start his new lifestyle outside of Germany.
The cold case and its investigation
As the Rheinische Post reports, Boris was declared dead in 1997. But the cold case department, which was set up at the State Criminal Police Office in 2021 and consists of up to 28 former police officers, systematically devoted itself to unsolved murders and homicides from the last five decades. A database includes a total of 1,160 unsolved homicides between 1970 and 2021. So far, 14 of these cold cases have already been successfully solved, a sign of progress in forensic science and the perseverance of investigators.
The case of Boris C. shows how important it is to use the best techniques and new investigative approaches to clarify stories that have remained in the dark for decades. Murder has no statute of limitations - as proven by several unsolved cases that are still considered cold cases to this day. In Germany there are a large number of unsolved murder cases that seem to be floating, such as the Hinterkaifeck murder case, which kept the nation in suspense for decades. This is a multiple murder that, as is well known, was never solved and continues to encourage speculation to this day Esquire.
Perseverance is required on the path to the truth, and the resolution of Boris' case is a shining example that the police should not give up - no matter how many years pass. With innovative approaches and inventive thinking, even the most tangled stories can finally come to light. For the family and friends of Boris C., a long-held mystery has finally been solved, and it remains to be hoped that such positive developments will continue to dispel the shadows of uncertainty.