Police have issued a new image of a suspected British murder victim dubbed "The Gentleman" found floating off the German coast 28 years ago. The 6ft 5in mystery man, thought to be aged between 45 and 50, was exhumed last year and his full DNA profile is currently being checked with international databases.
He was wearing distinctive size 11 handmade luxury shoes handmade using parts by shoe companies in Bristol. He is believed to have died up to seven months before he was discovered off Heligoland, a small archipelago on the north-west coast of Germany, on July 11, 1994, reports The Mirror.
German police revealed on Thursday (April 28) that the man had been weighed down by his suspected killer or killers with cast iron shoe lasts, moulds used in the manufacture of footwear. They were not a pair, but they were made for the same shoe size by A J Jackson of Kingswood, Bristol, a company which operated from the late 19th century until the mid-1960s.
