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Five years after he was last seen, the body of German yachtsman Manfred Fritz Bajorat was discovered drifting off the coast of the Philippines. Bajorat was found in a mummified state, still on-board the vessel from which he went missing.
Since news broke of the discovery foul play has been ruled out and the cause of death has been identified as a heart attack.
Chief Superintendent Wilben Mayor told AFP news agency, “The cause of death is acute myocardial infarction based on the autopsy by [the] regional crime laboratory.”
The corpse was discovered after two local fisherman alerted authorities about the drifting yacht, was found slumped over a table near the on-board radio telephone.
“The German national is estimated to have been dead for more or less seven days,” Chief Superintendent Wilben Mayor said in a statement.
The mummified state of Bajorat’s body can be attributed to dry ocean winds and salty air.