Missoni’s Body Is Still Not Found

The body of missing fashion executive Vittorio Missoni has still not been found, a statement from the Missoni family confirmed today. The Italian businessman and brother of Angela Missoni  disappeared on January 4 2013, after a plane carrying him and five other passengers vanished from radars off the Los Roques coast in Venezuela.

The wreckage was found in June last year and in October, reports emerged that the remains of the passengers had been recovered - although the family has now confirmed that only the bodies of the two Venezuelan pilots and Missoni's life partner, Maurizia Castiglioni, were identified. The search for Missoni continues.

"As of today there have been no biological remains found that identify Vittorio Missoni, Guido Foresti or Elda Scalvenzi," a Missoni statement read. "In Venezuela the investigation to determine the causes and dynamics of the accident and the identity of all passengers are ongoing. In thanking the Venezuelan government and the Italian government for all their efforts in these months, the families sincerely hope that the underwater exploration of the remaining parts of the wreckage, already identified, will within a short time bring the recovery and the identification of Vittorio Missoni, Guido Foresti and Elda Scalvenzi."

Since the disappearance of Missoni, who oversaw all business aspects of the label, changes are being considered in terms of the brand's future - which could include a possible IPO. Nothing has been confirmed yet.

Missoni Statement Regarding Vittorio Body Recovery

Contrary to reports this afternoon that the body of Vittorio Missoni and the passengers travelling on his missing aircraft have been found, the families involved said they have not yet received any official confirmation or detail about their identities.

A joint statement from the Missoni, Castiglioni, Foresti and Scalvenzi families read: "With regard to the news distributed in the media this morning relating to the possible recovery of bodies off shore at Los Roques, where previously the wreck of the plane YV2615BN-2A had disappeared on January 4 carrying the Missoni, Castiglioni, Foresti and Scalvenzi families, they would like to state they have not received any official and detailed communication connected to this."

Reports emerged today that the remains of five bodies had been found on the plane that disappeared on January 4 off the Venezuelan coast. It is said that their seatbelts were still fastened. The aircraft was first found in June.

Missoni and his life partner, Maurizia Castiglioni, were returning from a Christmas holiday with two friends, Elda Scalvenzi and Guido Foresti when their plane vanished. Two Venezuelan pilots were also on the BN-2 aircraft.