A decomposing body discovered on Wednesday afternoon in the waters of St Julian’s has been identified as the missing French man from a boat party on Saturday 12 August, police have confirmed.
The body was seen at around 6.30pm on Wednesday, and lifted out of the water by the Armed Forces of Malta. He was then taken to Haywharf and taken to the morgue.
Last Saturday, the boat was on its way to shore after a boat party when six men leapt off the boat.
Five of the six made it shore, while the sixth person, the Frenchman found on Wednesday, never made it.
A late-night helicopter search and rescue operation had failed to find the man and an AFM helicopter continued the search for days after.