The death of a loving dad who was missing for more than five years remains a mystery.
James Hodgkiss was last seen by his girlfriend, in the early hours of August 3, 2016. The body of the dad-of-two was found nearly six years later, on January 24, 2022.
He was found in a peat bog, on Red Moss nature reserve, Horwich, but how he came to be there still remains unknown. Yesterday, June 21, at an inquest into the 34-year-old's death, coroner professor Alan Walsh recorded an open conclusion.