Dutch parachutist fell to his death unnoticed Police are investigating how the body of Mark van den Boogaard, 48, lay undiscovered and unmissed in a meadow after he was killed in the unnoticed parachuting tragedy on December 8 over a week before his body was found by rabbit hunters on Monday. It is thought that Mr Boogaard died after his main and reserve parachutes failed and he fell to his death near the Nationaal Paracentrum skydiving club, in the Dutch village of Teuge. He was a regular and experienced skydiver completing 120 jumps since joining up the club in 2011 and the Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association is investigating why his two parachutes failed. Simon Woerlee, manager of the Nationaal Paracentrum club, said Mr Boogaard had been a "friendly and happy man, but a loner, someone who did not really talk to anyone and was always on his own." Police said that the parachutist was not close to any of his relatives and was self-employed, which is why no one had reported him missing. Mr Woerlee told the BBC that there was no system to make sure that parachutists had returned safely from carrying out a jump. "We never check, there is no law, no regulations" he said. If you are forced to find out where everyone is, there can be a big drama for nothing. You can call all the emergency rescue teams and helicopters, then discover the person is sitting at home having tea with his granddad - that has happened before.