Local volunteers searching rugged terrain found a dead person in Sveio on Saturday afternoon, with police expressing confidence it is missing 72-year-old Herman Klyve.
The discovery occurred shortly before 3 p.m. in the Krossleite area, south of the established command post, Haugesunds Avis reported. Operations Manager Rune Tallaksen of the Sør-Vest Police District said that no one else is reported missing in the region.
“It is not ground to believe that it is anyone else than him who has been missed,” operational leader Tore Frøyland-Jensen told Haugesund Newspaper at the scene. “We are thus relatively confident that it is the missing person we have found, based on the description and ID card on the man.”
Formal identification will wait for an autopsy to be completed at the hospital in Stavanger. Police confirmed that relatives have been notified of the discovery.
The search began after Klyve was last seen on Friday, November 6. According to Agder Press, the final confirmed observation placed him stepping off a bus at the Krossleite South stop at approximately 5 p.m.
Family members reported the man missing, prompting joint efforts from police and volunteer rescue crews. Search teams focused heavily on the surrounding countryside before civilian volunteers spotted the body in a steep area.
“This was local volunteers who wanted to help out,” Frøyland-Jensen said. “We were right nearby.”
Investigators documented the scene before a funeral service transported the deceased to Stavanger for an examination. Police said that preliminary site examinations show no indication of foul play.
“Out of the investigations we have done on the spot, there is nothing to indicate that there has been a criminal act that led to the man being found dead in the forest,” Frøyland-Jensen said, according to Haugesund Newspaper.
The search began after family members notified authorities that the 72-year-old was missing following his disappearance on Friday, November 6.
Local volunteers found the body in rugged terrain south of the police command post in the Krossleite area of Sveio.
The deceased has been transferred to the hospital in Stavanger for an autopsy to confirm identity, while the police investigation continues to support the relatives.
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