Nearly two months after the search for the Romanian diver who went missing at sea off Phuket ended, officials believe that his body has been found.
A body was spotted floating off Phuket’s Koh Kaew island yesterday, The Phuket News reported. At 12.30pm, an unnamed boat captain told Chalong Police that he found a legless body in the water some 11 nautical miles off Koh Kaew.
The body was taken to Chalong Pier, and police contacted Somesan’s wife. Somesan’s wife confirmed that the body could be his and that it had a similar wetsuit as the one he had.
The body was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital for an autopsy. Police are now waiting for Somesan’s son to pass a DNA test to confirm that the body is his father.
When he went missing, Somesan had been on a diving trip with two friends. These included 47 year old Romanian national Alexandru Florin…
