‘Mummified’ German sailor found on yacht ‘had only been dead for a week’

'Mummified' German sailor found on yacht 'had only been dead for a week'

PHILIPPINES – The German sailor whose “mummified” body was found on board a drifting yacht may have only been dead for a week, a new autopsy has suggested. The body of Manfred Fritz Bajorat was found in February by fishermen around 60 miles off the coast of Barabo in the southern Philippines, and later identified by officials from documents found on the boat. Dry, salty conditions were attributed to the “mummified” state his body was found in; slumped over a table used for charts with a transmitter handset just inches away from his hand.(Independent UK)…[+]