I believe this "voice in the woods" story was most likely false, an attempt to freeroll the 10k reward by people unrelated to johannes. If johannes was in the woods and wanted to be found they'd have found him, especially with dogs.

I really hope he is found alive and well. Much love to the friends and family going through this.

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/0...ults-18658.htm

is it a boy

http://www.slovenskenovice.si/crni-s...glas-lacen-sem

The last words of this news was that the male body which was found today could be other person and not Johannes Strassman. More news will be found tomorrow.

sorry but those news arent breaking anything..

really hoping the best tho!

my best friend died in a local river 7 years ago and after the police found him (2 weeks) they didnt let the mother and sister see the body.. only the father was allowed to identify hin because he looked so terrible after 2 weeks in the water...

and it couldve been possible that hos slo grinderfriwnds werent allowed to talk publically about what happened during the investigation.. only speculations.. and as they opened a public FB group i guess its not the case

Did they say anything about DNA

No, nothing. They took his DNA and have to wait 24-48 hours for results. It was reported by our TV news.

Really hoping for the best here.

What do they compare the DNA they re testing against?

On Friday morning, Slovenian police found the headless body of a dead young man on the banks of the Ljubljanica River in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The conditions of the body did not allow an immediate identification and authorities decided to perform a DNA test to discover whether or not it could be German poker player Johannes Strassmann, who was reported missing from Ljubljana on June 21.

Talking to PokerPower, Slovenian police officer Vinko Stojnsek explained that “the body is of a young man, but we cannot confirm it is the one of Johannes Strassmann.”

According to Stojnsek, the police should be able to release some more precise information Saturday afternoon. Said Stojnsek, “We are doing the DNA test now and then we will need to wait for the results. It may take 24 to 48 hours, so all we can do now is wait.”

PokerNews sources in Ljubljana also reported that Strassmann’s mother and sister have arrived to Slovenia’s capital city. When asked whether any member of Strassman’s family had seen the body found in Ljubljanika, Stojansek said that they had not.

Strassmann was reported missing in Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 21. According to some local sources, the German pro was there visiting with a group of Slovenian high-stakes players that he has been coaching.

After a quick visit to Ljubljana, Strassmann was supposed to continue his journey and head toward the Croatian coast.

Excuse me-- headless??

Didn't prior reports say there were no signs of foul play?

wtf read right over headless when i first read that. sketchy

Literally this last part means that presumably it's NOT him

So different info from different sources

Hoping for the best

i copied it from an user @hochgepokert.com german pokernews site. so no sources

btw. same article got posted on pokerstrategy.com so i guess its real? would be really sick.


all the love for his family. stay strong!

Hi everyone,

I published this post on my Facebook page (both in Portuguese and English) in an effort to help get the word out about Strassman:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

I realize it's a longshot by now, but maybe something still can be done to help. Really hoping for the best.

I still see a chance of him being somewhere with people he knows and not checking media or his phone (lets call it a 1 outer chance) ... Not necessarily being under the influence of any substances.

Hoping for the best.

I'd just assume someone, either the police or those locals on FB would say that someone else is missing and it could be that guy. It's a relatively small city this and can't be a lot possibilities in that regard.

Fingers crossed, still hoping for a positive outcome here.

Thats what's wrong with people

Where did the "headless" part came from?
Police PR said, on camera, that there was no sign of violence on the body.


Let me just give you a quick 101 on Slovenian media.
- "Slovenske novice" (Slovenian news) is one of the worst newspaper there is. Shocking headlines, no better than tabloids. Equivalent of The Sun.
- 24ur.com (24 hours) Biggest Slovenian commercial TV (Pop TV) with the most visited Slovenian website. Bit better than Slovenske novice, but not much. Most of the articles are gossips and other yellow-y stuff. Would sell a soul to a devil for an additional mouse click.
- RTVSlo is Slovenian national TV station. Probably the most reliable one. At least they wouldn't say that something is or isn't unless its confirmed.

For example. The first two just released an article of that "I'm here, I'm hungry", even though it happened more than 36 hours ago and was more or less confirmed not true or at least dubious. You know why they wrote that article? Because the brilliant minds behind it just discovered that FB group.

wouldnt give too much on that. the guy yet didnt post a source. there is a good chance that he pasted it into an original article from pokernews or something.

i read that article and i remember some parts from reading it this afternoon and i think i wouldve noticed and remembered the headless part but tbh im not 100% sure


Edit: sorry didnt see the poster said he had it from a user at hochgepokert.de (comment or forum or whatever) so yeah... forget the headless part... was probably written by a brainless

cause the rest of the artcle is obv from pokernews.com

Can anyone explain the circumstances surrounding his disappearance?

He's in Ljubljana to visit some friends/students from coaching. When he's out with friends at 22:00 on June 21st he goes off by himself, down a side street and nobody have seen him since.

They were out partying, but it's not known how much they had to drink etc. He didn't bring his phone.

a missing bodypart on a corpse found in a body of water isnt necessarily a sign of violence. depending on the ammmount of time the body spend in water and the specifics of that body of water.
for example natural decomposition will lead to significant weakening of the connective tissue and after a while bodyparts might simply come off
we can rule that out though if this coprse is in fact johannes and only spend 4 days in the water.
another possible culprit would of course be scanvengers.

Sad stuff