It's a shock to find Nuku Hiva in it! A nasty case of suspected cannibalism in 2011.
Stefan Ramin, a 40-year-old German tourist visiting the island of Nuku Hiva in the Pacific Ocean, has disappeared and remains believed to be his have been found by a campfire belonging to a tribe accused of being cannibals.
2011/10/17 Mr Ramin had stopped on the island as part of a sailing expedition with his 37-year-old girlfriend Heike Dorsch last month. He met a guide, Henri Haiti, who took him on a goat hunt – a popular tradition on Nuku Hiva, which is 930 miles north east of Tahiti and close to the equator. But when the guide returned alone he told Ms Dorsch there had been an accident, before allegedly attacking her and tying her to a tree. Ms Dorsch managed to escape and raise the alarm with local law enforcement, who are now looking for clues as to the guide’s whereabouts while DNA tests are conducted on what are thought to be human remains near a campfire. Among the findings are thought to be human bones, teeth, a skull jawbone and partially melted metal which are believed to be fillings. According to a local news report, Ms Dorsch ‘told investigators that Haiti was trying to lure her into a trap, that it was absolutely necessary she follow him into the forest to help her companion, wounded a few kilometres away’. A German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said: ‘The foreign ministry and the federal police are aware of the case and in contact with local authorities.’ The tribe suspected of killing and eating Mr Ramin had claimed they gave up cannibalism years ago. Local authorities are investigating but it remains unclear if any tribesmen have been held, or even found. Forensics experts say it could take several weeks to determine if the remains belong to Mr Ramin.
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