A new image has been issued of a man whose body was found near Bristol in 1996 but was never identified. The man was found dead on the bank of the River Avon on Sunday, May 19, 1996, but despite a number of public appeals in the years since then, no one has ever come forward to say that they recognise him.
A new depiction of how the man may have looked has been created in a fresh bid to finally discover his identity. The image was created by Locate International, a UK-registered 'cold-case' charity that helps families to solve missing persons cases and unidentified loved ones.
The man was found with a few distinctive items with him, including a cardboard sign with a handwritten message saying ‘Sleeping rough, thank you’, a red penny whistle and a copy of Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’, a satire dating to the early 16th century. The book was missing an outer cover and had the words ‘West Glamorgan County Council’ on the first page.
