Family, police and friends have been searching for Czech senior citizen Pavel Pospíšil, who mysteriously disappeared on holiday in Albania, for over three months. Police, drones, boats and dozens of volunteers have been searching for the man, but so far without a final result. According to information from iDNES.cz, Czech President Petr Pavel is also interested in the case, and he has been working with his Albanian counterpart on the missing Czech.
“The situation is that the Albanian police are sending us photos of drowned people to see if we can identify Pavel. Nothing has matched so far,” says Barbora Roberts Chybová, a close family friend who is helping to organise the volunteer search, to iDNES.cz.
The senior citizen went missing in a tourist resort in the town of Durres on the Adriatic Sea on 12 September. She told her wife that she was going for a short walk and would be back by lunchtime. According to his wife, he took a camera and a phone with him, which he had switched to airplane mode. He left in flip-flops.
In recent months, several search teams consisting of volunteers from the military, police and mountain rescue services have been sent to the site. The location was also searched with search drones.
According to relatives contacted by the iDNES.cz editorial team, the senior citizen went towards the Shkëmbi i Kavajës hill, which is located near the port city of Durres and provides access to the Adriatic Sea.
He was supposed to return by lunchtime. Czech senior citizen mysteriously disappeared in an Albanian resort
“It is a rocky hill opposite the hotel, where in the event of a slip, fall or injury there is very difficult and unclear terrain with dense thorny vegetation,” describes the missing man’s wife, Blanka Pospíšilová, in a letter to the Czech police, which is available to the iDNES.cz editorial team.
Czech police officers are cooperating with Albanian colleagues on the case, who have also searched for the missing Czech senior citizen at sea with police boats. The Czech Foreign Ministry is also monitoring the case, which is in contact with the local police through the embassy in Tirana.
“Our embassy in Tirana is in constant contact with the family and the Albanian police,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mariana Wernerová.
President Petr Pavel is also interested in the search for the Czech, and is in contact with his Albanian counterpart Bajram Begaj. In November, Pavel sent a message through his office that he was talking to the Albanian president about the search.
“At the request of the President, let me inform you that he will also inquire about the case when he meets with his Albanian counterpart,” said Lucie Obdržálková, the head of the President’s Secretariat, in November. Pavel subsequently noted that he finds the situation very worrying.
Did anyone check the tunnels at Shkembi i Kavajes? Otherwise, if not drown at sea, I presume someone hit him with a car and just hid the body. I’m sorry to assume he’s dead tho, unless he’s hiding from people.
KhajiitNoWeapons on
After 3 months in a humid area like Durres, assuming he wasn’t buried, he should be in the advanced decomposition stage.
Entire-Cake7743 on
There are low % that he still lives.Still we should not stop searching him.Tbh i didn’t have any infos that a Czech Person is missing in Durres so thanks
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Family, police and friends have been searching for Czech senior citizen Pavel Pospíšil, who mysteriously disappeared on holiday in Albania, for over three months. Police, drones, boats and dozens of volunteers have been searching for the man, but so far without a final result. According to information from iDNES.cz, Czech President Petr Pavel is also interested in the case, and he has been working with his Albanian counterpart on the missing Czech.
“The situation is that the Albanian police are sending us photos of drowned people to see if we can identify Pavel. Nothing has matched so far,” says Barbora Roberts Chybová, a close family friend who is helping to organise the volunteer search, to iDNES.cz.
The senior citizen went missing in a tourist resort in the town of Durres on the Adriatic Sea on 12 September. She told her wife that she was going for a short walk and would be back by lunchtime. According to his wife, he took a camera and a phone with him, which he had switched to airplane mode. He left in flip-flops.
In recent months, several search teams consisting of volunteers from the military, police and mountain rescue services have been sent to the site. The location was also searched with search drones.
According to relatives contacted by the iDNES.cz editorial team, the senior citizen went towards the Shkëmbi i Kavajës hill, which is located near the port city of Durres and provides access to the Adriatic Sea.
He was supposed to return by lunchtime. Czech senior citizen mysteriously disappeared in an Albanian resort
“It is a rocky hill opposite the hotel, where in the event of a slip, fall or injury there is very difficult and unclear terrain with dense thorny vegetation,” describes the missing man’s wife, Blanka Pospíšilová, in a letter to the Czech police, which is available to the iDNES.cz editorial team.
Czech police officers are cooperating with Albanian colleagues on the case, who have also searched for the missing Czech senior citizen at sea with police boats. The Czech Foreign Ministry is also monitoring the case, which is in contact with the local police through the embassy in Tirana.
“Our embassy in Tirana is in constant contact with the family and the Albanian police,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mariana Wernerová.
President Petr Pavel is also interested in the search for the Czech, and is in contact with his Albanian counterpart Bajram Begaj. In November, Pavel sent a message through his office that he was talking to the Albanian president about the search.
“At the request of the President, let me inform you that he will also inquire about the case when he meets with his Albanian counterpart,” said Lucie Obdržálková, the head of the President’s Secretariat, in November. Pavel subsequently noted that he finds the situation very worrying.
Source: https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/pavel-pospisil-nezvestny-cesko-albanie-patrani-policie-petr-pavel-prezident.A251231_075350_domaci_svm
Did anyone check the tunnels at Shkembi i Kavajes? Otherwise, if not drown at sea, I presume someone hit him with a car and just hid the body. I’m sorry to assume he’s dead tho, unless he’s hiding from people.
After 3 months in a humid area like Durres, assuming he wasn’t buried, he should be in the advanced decomposition stage.
There are low % that he still lives.Still we should not stop searching him.Tbh i didn’t have any infos that a Czech Person is missing in Durres so thanks