New e-fit launched in bid to determine thriller man present in canal 14 years in the past | UK | News | EUROtoday

Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now.

An attraction has been launched to determine a person discovered useless in a Birmingham canal after no one got here ahead for greater than a decade. The man’s physique was found within the Fazeley canal close to Wheelwright Road and Tyburn Road in Erdington at round 8am on Thursday, November 4, 14 years in the past in 2010.

The man is believed to have been in his 50s. He was sporting a dark-coloured jumper with white horizontal stripes, black sneakers, with Velcro fasteners, and brown socks.

He was 5ft 7ins tall, with stubble and greying brown collar-length hair. West Midlands Police mentioned: “Extensive enquiries were carried out in the area at the time but he remains unidentified.”

The man had no ID, didn’t match any of the lacking individuals on the time and no stories have been made about him because the pressure mentioned.

Now the police have launched a brand new e-fit picture, after working with specialists, to point out what the person would have seemed like in a bid to jog individuals’s recollections to assist determine the person. Officers are decided to determine him, stories Birmingham Live.

Detective Constable Darryl Towle, from the pressure’s Unresolved Missing Persons Investigation group, mentioned: “Despite all of our hard work, this is one of our longest-running cases. Our aim is always to find out who these people are to help them, their families and friends, find peace.”

“A post-mortem examination found that the man died from drowning and an inquest was held which allowed him to be laid to rest. But that’s all we know about him.”

The assertion from the pressure elaborates: “He had no identification on him, he did not match the description of any missing people and he has never been reported missing. Fourteen years on we’re still determined to find out who he was and trace any family or friends.”

In an extra attraction for info, a spokesperson for the pressure urged: “If you recognise him, tell us what you know via Live Chat on our website westmidlands.police.uk quoting reference: PID: 33246. You can also call us on 101.”

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1989101/new-e-fit-released-bid-finally-identify-mystery-man-found-canal-14-years-ago