Do you recognise this man? Murder victim’s face digitally reconstructed
Written by News on 20/09/2019
An unknown man murdered more than a decade ago has had his face digitally reconstructed as detectives seek a breakthrough in their investigation.
Police have released an image of the facial reconstruction in a bid to identify the victim.
His skeletal remains were found in a blue sleeping bag inside a disused factory in Forest Gate, east London, on 29 April 2016.
His skull had a visible crack along the left side, while his head and body had been partially covered by a black bin bag. He died from blunt trauma wounds to the skull.
Police believe he had been attacked in a first-floor room of the four-storey factory after finding blood matching his DNA.
His DNA did not match records on the national database and he has never been identified.
Police worked with archaeologists to remove more than 100 industrial rubble sacks from the scene.
They recovered almost all of the man’s skeletal remains after searching through soil and debris.
Radiocarbon dating of bones teeth and hair and found the man was aged between 29 and 35 when he was killed between 2003 and 2006.
It is thought he was 5ft 4ins to 5ft 8ins tall. He may have been of eastern, southern or central Asian, Indian subcontinent, European, North African or Middle Eastern descent.
Police revealed a pouch of chewing tobacco found with him is only officially sold in the Indian subcontinent, while clothing found on the remains was also linked to the same area.
Detective Inspector Darren Jones, from Scotland Yard, said: “I would urge people reading this appeal, especially those living in the area where this man’s remains were found, to look closely at the reconstruction and think about whether you may have seen him. Does he look familiar to you?”
The facial reconstruction of the skull was created by experts at Dundee University.
There have been no arrests made.
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