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Peter Bergmann ist der Pseudonym einer bis heute nicht identifizierten Leiche eines Mannes, welche am 16. Juni 2009 am Strand des irischen Dorfes Rosses Point gefunden wurde. Der "Fall" Peter Bergmann wurde unter dem Titel The Last Days of Peter Bergmann verfilmt und erhiel eine Auszeichnung.

Beschreibung

Der Mann wird auf das Alter 55 bis 60 Jahre geschätzt, er war schlank und hatte kurzes, graues Haar. Außerdem soll er mit deutschem Akzent gesprochen haben. Er trug eine schwarze Lederjacke der Marke C&A sowie eine blaue Hose in der Gräße 50, auch von der Marke C&A. Seine Schuhe waren schwarz und haben die Größe 44, zudem trug er noch einen schwarzen Ledergürtel, einen Pullunder der Größe Mund blaue Wollsocken.

His height was 5’10½”, hair neatly groomed, tan skin colour, blue eyes, with dark eyebrows. His teeth were well maintained. Bridging, root canals and crowns appeared to have been carried out within the last 10 years of his life. He had a full gold tooth on upper back right side of mouth and small silver filling along the gum of a tooth on the left side of the lower jaw.[4]

Autopsy[edit]

Even though the body was found washed up on a beach, the autopsy showed no evidence of drowning. Also there was no sign of foul play. The autopsy demonstrated that the man had advanced cancer of the prostate, bone tumours, and had suffered previous heart attacks. Toxicology tests showed no evidence of any painkillers or even aspirin in his system. He also previously had one kidney removed.[5]

Timeline[edit]

12 June Friday. The man is at the Ulster Bus depot in Derry between 14:30 and 16:00.

12 June The man alighted from bus that arrived at Sligo Station at 18:28. The man carried a black shoulder bag and a larger luggage bag.

12 June The man took a taxi to the Sligo City Hotel where he paid €65 per night in cash. He checked in giving the presumed false name 'Peter Bergmann' with an address Ainstettersn 15, 4472 Wien, Austria. The receptionist recalled the man had a deep Germanic accent.

13 June Saturday. At 10:49:01, the man purchased eight 82-cent stamps and airmail stickers, from the General Post Office, Wine Street, Sligo.

14 June Sunday. Between 11:00 and 11:30 the man left the Sligo City Hotel and asked a taxi driver where there was a nice quiet beach where he could swim. The man was told that Rosses Point would be the best place to go and drove him there. The man returned with the same taxi, which dropped the man at the bus station in Sligo.

15 June Monday. The man checked out of the hotel at 13:06, and handed in his room key. He left with a black shoulder bag, a purple plastic bag, and a dark coloured carrier bag. He did not have the dark coloured luggage bag he had first arrived in Sligo with. He walked to the bus station via Quay Street, Wine Street and stopped at Quayside Shopping Centre and then waited in a doorway for a number of minutes. At 13:16 he left the Quayside Shopping Centre and walked along Wine Street in the direction of the bus station, still carrying all three bags. At 13:38 he ordered a cappuccino and a ham and cheese toasted sandwich at the bus station. While eating his food, he looked at pieces of paper that he kept in his pocket. He then mounted a bus that departed at 14:20 for Rosses Point. There were 16 sightings of the deceased on the beach that day.

16 June Tuesday. Arthur and Brian Kinsella were walking on the beach and found his body at 6:45 in the morning.

16 June The man was officially pronounced dead at 8:10 by Dr. Valerie McGowan.[6]

Funeral[edit]

After a five-month investigation the body was finally buried in Sligo. The funeral was attended by four Gardaí.[7]

Developments[edit]

In 2015, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that they had contacted the Austrian police about the case, and that the Austrian police commented that the Irish police had never contacted them.[8] Le Monde also reported that there is no Interpol notice for the unidentified man, stating that as the body is actually recovered he does not fall into the two Interpol categories of 'missing person' or a 'wanted person'. It is up to his country of origin to report him as missing.[9]