A body was found in a forest on Elba, the hypothesis is that it is a cook who disappeared in recent days

The body found this afternoon in a wood on the island near Lacona, in the municipality of Capoliveri (Livorno), could be that of a cook who has been missing for many days on Elba, but it is still not there. no certainty on identification. The investigations by the Carabinieri are underway. The body is not easily identifiable both because, according to what has been learned, there were no documents, and because it is in a state of decomposition and has been exposed to the elements and events. At the moment there are no signs of violence, which could have caused his death, but the Livorno prosecutor’s office will order theautopsy for the necessary forensic medical examinations, also aimed at identification, as well as to establish the causes of death and when the death occurred.
The hypothesis most followed by investigators at the moment is that it could be the body of Francesco Marchesani, a cook of about 40 years old, resident in the Florence area, who worked during the summer season in a hotel on the island, not too far from the place where the body was found. The man had been missing for several days and the search had begun. The last person to see him was a witness who apparently noticed him six days ago.
The body, wearing only black shorts, was inside a bramble bush in the Madonna della Neve woodsa couple of kilometers from Lacona. By order of the prosecutor, he was transferred to Portoferraio (Livorno) to await the arrival of the coroner. The wooded area is inaccessible, so much so that the body was identified by a team of firefighters and forest rangers engaged in the search for the missing 40-year-old.
The carabinieri notified the family members for possible identification.