It is understood that his dental files had been a positive match for the teeth found in the cold ash of the fire on the French Polynesian island of Nuku Hiva, 930 miles North East of Tahiti. Stefan and girlfriend Heike Dorsch, 37 — who have been on a sailing expedition since 2008 — stopped off at the island on September 16.
He is believed to have gone off with a local guide on a goat hunt, a tradition on the island. The guide, named locally as Henri Haiti, later returned alone to tell Heike: "There has been an accident. He needs help."
But he is then alleged to have chained her to a tree before attacking her. Hours later Heike managed to free herself and raise the alarm. A team of 22 police officers launched a search of the island, which has a population of just 2,789.
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