Bodies of Swiss Couple Buried in Glacier for 75 Years Are Identified

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In 1942, a Swiss shoemaker and his wife set out across a glacier to milk their cows, which were grazing in a neighboring area. The couple, the parents of seven young children, were never seen again. On Wednesday, the mystery of what happened to the couple was finally solved as the police formally identified two mummified bodies found last week in an Alpine glacier as those of Marcelin Dumoulin, 40, and his wife, Francine, a 37-year-old teacher.

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After the couple disappeared 75 years ago, the police searched the area for weeks. The seven Dumoulin children — five boys and two girls — were separated and went to live with families in the area. Every year on Aug. 15, some of the siblings would climb the glacier to pray. Speaking before the DNA identification, Marceline Udry-Dumoulin, 79, one of the couple’s daughters, said she had been convinced that the bodies were her parents after learning that the resort worker had seen her mother’s clothes and shoes. She recalled saying, “You have my mother, you don’t need to look further.” Ms. Udry-Dumoulin said she now had one priority: giving her parents a proper funeral and burial, however belated.

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