Then, in the early hours of August 10th, Casolaro was found dead in his hotel bathtub, with his wrists slashed 12 times. Authorities ruled his death a suicide, but the circumstances were troubling because the scene was precise and ritualistic in nature.
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Unraveling the S.O.S. Mystery: What Happened on Mount Asahi?
When reconsidering the evidence, the police realized that Iwamura, with fractured bones, could not have cut down birch trees and stacked them to create a sixteen-foot sign. With the cold weather and no axe, the possibility of Iwamura creating the help sign faded.