Rolf Mengele issued a statement on 10 June confirming that the body was his father's, and he admitted that the news of his father's death had been concealed in order to protect the people who had sheltered him for many years.
Rolf Mengele publicou unha declaración o 10 de xuño admitindo que o corpo era de seu pai, afirmando que mantiveran en segredo a nova da morte do seu pai para protexer as persoas que lle deran refuxio durante tantos anos.