It had to have been him, it’s too coincidental otherwise. They believed it possible until they checked his remains and said he was too weak but he may not have always been, he could have died months after making the sign too
This was my thought too. Plus they thought the remains were female for quite some time. Not sure I entirely trust Japan’s forensic abilities at the time.
The body that was found was of another missing person, but he didn’t have the strength to create the sign, or the tools to do so.
Meaning at least one unknown person came to grief in that area.
It had to have been him, it’s too coincidental otherwise. They believed it possible until they checked his remains and said he was too weak but he may not have always been, he could have died months after making the sign too
This was my thought too. Plus they thought the remains were female for quite some time. Not sure I entirely trust Japan’s forensic abilities at the time.
it is actually fairly difficult to determine sex based off of just bones. there’s a considerable overlap in any dimension one might use to decide