German 'forest boy' Ray mystery deepens as police conclude he hasn't lived in the wild-GERMAN police are no closer to discovering the real story behind the mysterious "forest boy"after concluding that the teen - who identifies himself only as "Ray" and claims to have spent five years in the wilderness - has never lived in the wild.
As a Swiss couple came forward claiming they could be the 17-year-old's grandparents - a claim that cannot be verified because Ray refuses to give a DNA sample - police who tested the boy's clothes and tent found he had not spent a significant time living rough, UK's The Sunday Times reported.
He is in perfect health and the only evidence of any injuries consists of old scars on his right arm, chin and forehead.
The blue-eyed boy appeared at Berlin City Hall last month, claiming he had lived in the forest for five years with his father, Ryan, after the death of his mother, Doreen, in a car accident.
He said his father had died in August and that he had buried him in the forest and then followed his instructions to travel north, using a compass and map. It had taken two weeks to walk to Berlin, he explained.
There, the only personal details he divulged were his birthday and first name.
German police, who were immediately suspicious, have since been baffled by his refusal to have his photograph published in an appeal for relations to come forward.
He claimed to remember no further details about his past, yet doctors found no sign of amnesia or mental or physical trauma.
Callers from all over the world, including Britain, have asked the police whether Ray could be a missing person in their family. The Swiss couple offered to send a DNA sample, but Ray told the police he was not interested in establishing his identity but only wanted to focus on starting a new life now that both his parents had died.
"Why should the boy not have any interest in finding out who he is and where he came from?" a police spokesman asked. He added that the boy seemed "intelligent, coherent and not confused in any sense."
Officers are said to have become frustrated by his refusal to co-operate. The only image of Ray that Germany's strict privacy laws have allowed to be used is an artist's impression based on a photograph taken by social services.
Investigators have been searching for his father's grave near the southern German border but found no trace of it.
An English-language expert who interviewed Ray said the teenager probably learnt English as a second language as he speaks it without any regional accent.
Ray, who told officials on the day he appeared in Berlin that he was "all alone in this world," is now living in sheltered accommodation provided by social services.
A social services spokesman said he was "remarkably healthy, normal and clean" for someone who had supposedly spent five years living rough.
As a Swiss couple came forward claiming they could be the 17-year-old's grandparents - a claim that cannot be verified because Ray refuses to give a DNA sample - police who tested the boy's clothes and tent found he had not spent a significant time living rough, UK's The Sunday Times reported.
He is in perfect health and the only evidence of any injuries consists of old scars on his right arm, chin and forehead.
The blue-eyed boy appeared at Berlin City Hall last month, claiming he had lived in the forest for five years with his father, Ryan, after the death of his mother, Doreen, in a car accident.
He said his father had died in August and that he had buried him in the forest and then followed his instructions to travel north, using a compass and map. It had taken two weeks to walk to Berlin, he explained.
There, the only personal details he divulged were his birthday and first name.
German police, who were immediately suspicious, have since been baffled by his refusal to have his photograph published in an appeal for relations to come forward.
He claimed to remember no further details about his past, yet doctors found no sign of amnesia or mental or physical trauma.
Callers from all over the world, including Britain, have asked the police whether Ray could be a missing person in their family. The Swiss couple offered to send a DNA sample, but Ray told the police he was not interested in establishing his identity but only wanted to focus on starting a new life now that both his parents had died.
"Why should the boy not have any interest in finding out who he is and where he came from?" a police spokesman asked. He added that the boy seemed "intelligent, coherent and not confused in any sense."
Officers are said to have become frustrated by his refusal to co-operate. The only image of Ray that Germany's strict privacy laws have allowed to be used is an artist's impression based on a photograph taken by social services.
Investigators have been searching for his father's grave near the southern German border but found no trace of it.
An English-language expert who interviewed Ray said the teenager probably learnt English as a second language as he speaks it without any regional accent.
Ray, who told officials on the day he appeared in Berlin that he was "all alone in this world," is now living in sheltered accommodation provided by social services.
A social services spokesman said he was "remarkably healthy, normal and clean" for someone who had supposedly spent five years living rough.
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