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After two years of searching, Yukon authorities confirmed this week that scattered bones discovered in Kluane National Park are those of a German hiker who vanished into the territory’s wilderness in 2011.

Following unsuccessful attempts to identify the remains using dental records, on Thursday the Yukon’s chief coroner, Kirsten MacDonald, said that DNA evidence had definitively linked the remains to German national Till Gerull.

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The confirmation comes almost exactly two years after the Yukon RCMP first released a statement telling locals to look out for Mr. Gerull, a German man they reported had come to the territory with plans of “walking through the forests of Canada.”

Notably, Mr. Gerull had already been missing for more than a year by the time the RCMP became involved.

The 22-year-old had not notified friends and family of his plans to leave for Canada, and had left enough cash in his German bank accounts to continue paying rent and expenses for another 12 months.