German teen found dead at Dingli Cliffs in 2016: Magisterial inquiry reopened

The magistrate investigating the mysterious death of a German teenager at the foot of Dingli Cliffs in 2016 has reopened the inquiry to probe how the boy’s body was returned to relatives with most of its organs missing, the Times of Malta has learnt. Sources said Magistrate Marseanne Farrugia had reopened the inquiry upon instructions by the Attorney General’s Office. Mike Mansholt, a 17-year-old adventurer, arrived in Malta on holiday on July 8 and was found dead on July 26. He had been reported missing four days earlier after he failed to return home from his holiday. He was found without his running shoes, a few metres away from his rented bicycle. It was established that the damage to the bicycle was not compatible with a fall from a height. An autopsy concluded that Mr Mansholt had been dead for between seven and eight days. The cause of death, however, has never been established. Both the post-mortems held in Malta and in Germany concluded that the teenager had no broken bones, all but excluding the possibility of a fall. Magistrate Farrugia closed the inquiry once it was established that the cause of death could not be determined. But Mr Mansholt’s father, Berndt...