Through tremendous effort and persistence, Lynda was also able to obtain copies of several Austrian police reports. Though none of them have the character of a serious investigative report, they nevertheless contain a lot of information. They also provide a clear record of what the authorities didn’t do, thus showing how the cover-up of Duncan’s death was achieved more by means of omission than active falsification.
The following are the primary sources.
1. Death Certificate for Duncan Alvin MacPherson, filled out by Dr. Kurt Somavilla, July 21, 2003. Report of Death for Duncan Alvin MacPherson, filled out by Dr. Kurt Somavilla and signed by undertaker Josef Heidegger, July 30, 2003.
2. Request for Notification of Next of Kin from the Security Directorate of Tyrol to the Canadian Embassy in Vienna, July 18, 2003.
3. Austrian Press Association (APA) press release about the discovery of Duncan MacPherson’s body, July 19, 2003.
4. Report of Gendarmerie Commander Franz Hofer to Canadian Consul Ian Thomson, October 18, 1989.
5. Report of the Tyrolean Security Directorate to the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, undated, sent in October of 1989.
6. Report of Inspector Brecher for the Innsbruck Public Prosecutor pertaining to Chiu accident, August 10, 1988.
7. Report of Inspector Brecher for the Innsbruck Court pertaining Duncan’s disappearance, August 8, 1990.
8. Report of Inspector Klotz for the Innsbruck Court, January 14, 1990.
9. Report of Provincial Gendarmerie Chief Baumel for the Federal Ministry of the Interior, June 29, 1994.
10. Report of Inspector Krappinger for the Innsbruck Public Prosecutor, September 14, 2003.
11. Forensic Identification Report of Dr. Walter Rabl for Dr. Bernhard Knapp, director of the security department of the Innsbruck District Administrative Office, July 29, 2003.
12. Memo of Public Prosecutor Thomas Schirhakl in the matter of Duncan MacPherson, July 21, 2003.
13. I.D. Report of District Inspector Klingenschmid for Knapp, July 22, 2003.
14. Report of Inspector Jungmann, July 22, 2003.
15. Report of Inspector Ortner, July 23, 2003.
16. Statement of Michael Tanzer, head of Stubai Glacier slope operations, to Inspector Krappinger, dated July 23, 2003.
17. Statement of Guenther Mueller, deputy slope supervisor at the Stubai Glacier, to Inspector Krappinger, August 7, 2003.
18. Statement of Walter Mueller, slope supervisor at the Stubai Glacier, to Inspector Krappinger, July 23, 2003.
19. Statement of Walter Hinterhoelzl, snowboarding instructor at Stubai Glacier, to Innsbruck Examining Magistrate Wiesholzer, March 1, 1990
20. Statement of Walter Hinterhoelzl to Examining Magistrate Wiesholzer, September 13, 1990.
21. Statement of Walter Hinterhoelzl to Inspector Brecher, August 14, 1990.
22. Statement of Daniela Widi, girlfriend of Walter Hinterhoelzl, to Examining Magistrate Wiesholzer, September 13, 1990.
23. Statement of Josef “Seppi” Repetschnig to Inspector Brecher, August 13, 1990.
24. Statement of Helmut Tanzer, slope supervisor at the Stubai Glacier, to Inspector Brecher, pertaining to the August 4, 1988 fatal crevasse fall of Chung Yin Chiu, August 5, 1988.
25. Statement of Helmut Tanzer to Inspector Brecher pertaining to the August 9, 1989 disappearance of Duncan MacPherson, August 13, 1990.
26. Statement of Georg Hofer, construction worker, to Examining Magistrate Wiesholzer, August 24, 1990.
27. Slope Maintenance and Rescue Service Log for the Eisgrat Station at the Stubai Glacier from August 8-11, 1989.
28. Photos of discovery site, taken by Inspector Jungmann on July 18, 2003.
29. Photos of Duncan’s corpse, snowboarding equipment, and clothing taken by Inspector Klingenschmid on July 22, 2003.
30. Photos of Duncan’s corpse, taken by Dr. Rabl on July 23, 2003.
31. Photos of Chiu’s accident scene, taken by Inspector Brecher on August 5, 1988.
32. Photos of Schaufelferner, taken by Canadian tourist Judy Wigmore on August 9, 1989.
33. Radiographs of Duncan’s corpse, taken by Dr. Waldenberger on July 31, 2003.
34. Canadian External Affairs memos and cables from September 21 to October 14, 1989.
35. RCMP and Interpol cables from September 21 to October 14, 1989.
36. Canadian Foreign Affairs memos, cables, and correspondence from July 19, 2003 to March 26, 2004.
37. Lynda MacPherson’s email correspondence with Dr. Rabl from September 5, 2003 to November 10, 2011.
38. Parliamentary Inquiry submitted by Austrian MP Peter Pilz to Justice Minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner on June 29, 2009. Bandion-Ortner’s written reply, August 28, 2009.
1. “Bitte melde dich!” Sat. 1, broadcast on November 25, 1993.
2. “Brave Soul,” by Eric Adelson, ESPN, June 25, 2004.
3. “The Man in the Ice,” by Chris Jones, Esquire, December 31, 2004.
4. “The Iceman,” CBC the fifth estate, broadcast on November 8, 2006.
5. “Auf duennem Eis,” by Florian Skrabal, DATUM, September 1, 2009.
1. Ambach, E. / Tributsch, W. / Buffers, P. / Rabl, W., “Unusual discovery of two cadavers in a glacier—Forensic and glacier-related aspects.” In: Contributions to the Legal Medicine 49, 1991, pp. 285-288.
2. Ambach, E. / Ambach, W. / Tributsch, W. / Henn, R. / Unterdorfer, H., “Corpses released from glacier ice: Glaciological and forensic aspects” J. Wilderness Med 3, 1992, pp. 372-376.
3. Ambach E./ Ambach W./ Tributsch W., “Casualties Immersed in Glacier Ice: Clear and Doubtful Cases from a Glaciological View”
4. Benn, Douglas and Evans, David, Glaciers and Glaciation, Hodder Education, 1997.
5. Clelland, Mike and Tyson, Andy, Glacier Mountaineering, Falcon Guides, 2009.
6. Cuffey, K.M. and Patterson, W.S.B., The Physics of Glaciers, Fourth Edition, Academic Press, 2010.
7. Deem, James, Bodies from the Ice, Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
8. Quigley, Christine, Modern Mummies, McFarland & Company, 1998.
9. Simpson, Joe, Touching the Void, Harper & Row, 1988.
10. Spindler, Konrad, The Man in the Ice, Three Rivers Press, 1995.
1. Das österreichische Strafgesetzbuch
2. Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
3. OGH Entscheidung, Rosi G*** wider Oe*** G*** Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG, Soelden, Geschaeftszahl 7Ob577/88, June 30, 1988.