Aivar Rehe was first reported missing on Monday afternoon. He had last been seen at around 10.00 a.m. on the Monday morning. An initial search ended as night fell on the Monday, recommencing the next day and involving dozens of volunteers as well as PPA personnel.

The area around his house in the heavily-forested district of Pirita yielded nothing. However, Mr. Rehe's body was found on the Wednesday morning, in his own backyard. The PPA said he had taken his own life, and initial forensic reports suggest this had happened on the Monday, BNS reports, which could mean his body had lain there during the whole time.

PPA Northern Prefecture chief Valdo Põder took full responsibility for events in an interview published by daily Postimees, though said that the backyard had not had a thorough search as Mr. Rehe's family requested their private property not be interfered with by strangers.

Mart Helme says the PPA needs to review its procedures in missing persons cases in general, noting that covering all possible places the missing person could have been to was a must-have.

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