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A police artist’s impression of how the man looked in life. |
HE’S somebody’s son, he might have been a father, a brother and he could have a wife or sweetheart but 20 months after his body washed ashore on Islay the identity of this man remains unknown.
ON January 11 Strathclyde Police reissued these photographs to press across the UK in an effort to bring this case to a satisfactory conclusion.
Detective Inspector David Hardie, of Campbeltown Police office has led the investigation from the beginning.
He said: ‘Despite extensive police inquiries, including checking missing person reports, the man has not yet been identified.
‘I appreciate that it is now nearly two years since his body was discovered but I would still like to bring closure to this enquiry.
‘Its maybe that friends or family members did not see the first appeals and this is a final attempt to identify him and to trace any relatives the man may have had.’
The man’s body was found on Monday April 10 2006 on the beach at Lossit bay, Portnahaven on the Isle of Islay; the body had probably been in the water for several days before being washed ashore.
Detective Inspector Hardies said there would appear to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
The man is described as white and could been anything from 45 to 60 years old. He was around five feet nine inches tall, of medium build with a thin face.
He had collar-length brown hair that was starting to grey and he was bald on top.
He was missing several top teeth and had no lower teeth. It is not know if he may have worn dentures.
He had a tattoo on each forearm; one appeared to be a thistle with a scroll and the letters SCOTLAND and a tattoo with the letters DF on the lower front of his left arm.
When found he was wearing a blue, beige and white vertical striped cotton jumper, large size, with the maker’s label Gamice. He was also wearing a short sleeves blue and white checked shirt, with the makers label Farah a black tee-shirt, and brown lace-up shoes, sized 8 or 9.
The police inquiry shows he may have worn a checked modern-style kilt. He also wore a criss-crossed celtic ring on the middle finger of his right hand.
