Swiss still hope to find German billionaire missing in Alps
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April 12, 2018
BERLIN (AP) — Swiss rescue teams held out hope Wednesday that there was still a chance of finding a German billionaire alive even though he has been missing in the Alps for days, but admitted the likelihood of his survival was diminishing rapidly.
Karl-Erivan Haub, the 58-year-old heir to the Tengelmann retail empire, was training for a ski mountaineering race when he disappeared on Switzerland's famous Matterhorn peak, located on its southern border with Italy.
Haub was last seen on Saturday morning as he headed up a mountain lift with skis and a daypack, and was reported missing the followin...
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