"At around 2:00 a.m., the accused left his girlfriend defenseless," a prosecutor stated when the man who was supposed to protect her failed. A 33-year-old woman has died after her boyfriend allegedly left her on Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner, a case that has led prosecutors to file charges against him. Investigators argue that the boyfriend's decision, and a series of earlier choices, directly contributed to her death. How Kerstin DiedAccording to authorities, Thomas Plamberger and Kerstin Gurtner set out from Salzburg in mid-January for what officials described as a demanding, high-alpine winter tour in Austria's highest mountain. Authorities say the man abandoned his exhausted partner roughly 50 meters below the summit cross in the early hours of January 19, 2025, leavin

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