Workers at the Port of Genoa found on Monday a body believed to be that of Costa Concordia waiter Russel Rebello inside a cabin on Bridge 8 while they were dismantling the sunken vessel to be sold as scrap metal.

Rebello, an Indian, is the last unaccounted crew of the cruise ship that sank in January 2012. It took almost three years before the corpse was discovered, which would pave the way for a funeral.

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The maritime tragedy off the Tuscan coast killed 32 people after it struck submerged rock, but about 4,000 passengers and crew survived the sinking of the luxury liner.

Most of the bodies of the victims were found, but not Rebello's. The waiter from Mumbai, India, came from a Catholic family. With his body apparently found, the family would finally have the opportunity to give him a Catholic burial, which they didn't consider until Rebello's corpse was found.

According to the deceased waiter's brother, Kevin Rebello, Russel's son who was 3 when the tragedy happened, is unaware that his father was missing.

"Someday, we'll tell him that his father was a hero, that his father lost his life helping hundreds of other people to live," NBC quotes Kevin, who lives in Milan.

He disclosed that a DNA test is scheduled this week to confirm that the body found is that of Russel. Anticipating a confirmation that the corpse is his brother's, Kevin wrote on his Facebook account, "India, we are coming."

The waiter's body, garbed in navy pants and white shoes, was found pinned down under heavy furniture, backing the belief among divers and rescue workers that Rebello's missing body was still inside the luxury liner and he died helping panicky passengers desert the sinking vessel.

On the same day that Rebello's body was found, Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia, did not show up in court to face multiple manslaughter charges, causing a shipwreck and prematurely abandoning the ship. Schettino's presence was not required since it involved damaged filed by survivors against Costa Cruise, which operated the Costa Concordia, reports the Irish Times.

He will appear before the court on Dec. 2 when he is expected to answer questions from the public prosecutors, lawyers of the survivors and Costa Cruise.

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