Skeletal remains found three years ago have finally been identified as a man who disappeared more than 20 years ago - as police begin a murder investigation.
The bones were found at a rural scrapyard in Essex in April 2019 next to a pair of distinctive leather cowboy boots.
Detectives used DNA samples from the remains, including using specialist assistance from a Forensic Anthropologist to establish a timescale of when the person was likely to have died.
