Six months have now passed since the man on the moor lay down by the path and died, and still no-one has even the vaguest notion of who he is. The body of 28 year-old Craig Wilcox was discovered in the Dovestones Reservoir late last month. Greater Manchester Police confirmed his identity using DNA matching, characterising him as "a bit of a loner" who "liked his own company". Some, she says, may want to leave them for family members or may simply feel they dont need their mobile phone or wallet anymore. Imagine if your son, brother or friend had been murdered, you would want people to come forward with information to find those responsible. The dead body . Former ITV Corrie star Brooke Vincent wows fans with new look, Michelle Keegan and Catherine Tyldesley also hyped their ex-colleague's new 'do, 'I get goosebumps' - Lisandro Martinez loves Manchester United chant for him. And, as Coleman points out, he had no travel documents on him, apart from the train tickets. In December, 2015, the body of a man was found lying on a remote country track above Dovestone Reservoir in Saddleworth, Oldham. If it was strychnine poisoning that causes you to convulse but he had his arms by his side. Officers were called to Dovestone Reservoir just after 2.10pm on Monday . Main News; Community News; Letters To The Editor; Latest Issue; . Mr Lyttons body was found on Saturday 12 December 2015 on the Chew track leading from Dovestones Reservoir boating lake to Indians Head. As each day passes, some might find it tempting to conclude that the man also made a deliberate decision that he did not want anyone to know his identity. Who was the man, why was he at the Indian's Head summit and how did he die? Officers broadened their search to Pakistan with police appealing to surgical staff there to offer help as Mr Lytton had undergone an unusual surgical procedure involving a device only used in a handful of hospitals in that country. It happened in or before 2013. Part 3 (Manchester Picadilly to Greenfield) 4. Paddy Lacey was a pro footballer but his world fell apart when he received a ban from the sport for breaching anti-doping rules. These are the unidentified people from over the years. After eating his food, he walked back down the stairs and went outside to the taxi rank. Speaking during todays hearing, coroner Simon Nelson said: I am most grateful for the assistance provided by the many agencies who have been involved together with the highly professional investigative strategy employed by Det Sgt John Coleman on behalf of GMP. Illustration of a Strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica)(SPL). Some are photographs, most are artists impressions. If your father, son, brother or friend had died in these circumstances you would want anyone who had information to come forward and speak to the police. It is three years since dad-of-one Craig Wilcox disappeared, and his family are still searching for answers. After leaving Manchester Piccadilly station there is a missing 59 minutes in the timeline. Some count the area where the body was discovered as being part of Saddleworth Moor. Why did he travel on that day? There are four aircraft wrecks within less than a mile of this spot, Valentine continues. Body of Clinton man found in SUV discovered upside down in water In January, pictures of the dead man were circulated to GPs nationwide, while detectives from. A post-mortem failed to establish his cause of death. We will never know. We are reminded of Craig every single day. In 2006 he sold his house. Photo courtesy of Clinton police. However, the line of enquiries to date seem to direct me over into that region., X-ray of a titanium rod and screw pinning a fractured femur (thigh bone) Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletter, You can sign up very simply by following the instructions here. The. Thats one of those questions that at this stage we cant answer, Coleman says. Craig WilcoxDetective Chief Inspector Pete Marsh from GMPs Major Incident Team, said: It was totally out of character for Craig to go missing and when he did not return home his family contacted the police. It confirmed that officers had checked passenger records from a flight from Lahore in Pakistan which tallied with Mr Lytton's details. "However, it's plausible that he researched Oldham on the internet during his time in Pakistan - 2006 to 2015 - and found pictures corresponding with the image in the posters . He was seen alive shortly after sunset (3:59pm), by two Royal Society for the Protection of Birds staff, near the site at which his body was found the following day. At an inquest in Heywood earlier today, , Senior Coroner for Oldham, Mr Simon Nelson confirmed that the true identity of the man found close to Dovestones Reservoir is David Lytton, 67, from London. A provisional cause of death has been determined as strychnine poisoning. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. "It's also likely he researched all the steps in his journey from Pakistan to Greenfield by surfing the internet - he spent a lot of time in internet cafs while living in Pakistan," he said. He eventually obtained a new visa that was about to expire in late 2015 when he was travelling to London, meaning it was his last chance to leave legally without having to reapply. "The poster, probably one of several in the Underground, was part of an advertising campaign to attract new business to the town in the 1980s. The path that leads to the lay-by where the body of 'Neil Dovestone' was found Detectives know he was poisoned by strychnine - a drug often used in Agatha Christie novels - which he may have. Some plates and implants used in surgery have batch numbers, making it easy for them to be traced. The mystery of the man found at Dovestone reservoir has finally been solved, an inquest has heard. He was lying on his back, 700 metres down from Chew reservoir, at a place where the track widens to allow. One of the things we do see is they may leave some of their personal belongings at home, she says. Unfortunately this line of enquiry drew a blank and just as it appeared likely that the investigation would come to an unsuccessful conclusion, a breakthrough came a year to the day that the body was found. Greaeter Manchester Police have now issued a short statement, and have confirmed Mr Lytton was 67 years old and from London. [1][2] The placeholder name was reportedly devised by mortuary attendants at Royal Oldham Hospital,[3] with reference to the location the body was found near Dovestone Reservoir, on an asphalt track in the Chew Valley. Thinking back to December, he says, even when he realised there were not any possessions which showed who the man was, he still had a realistic expectation that we would identify the male within certainly a matter of days. Something went wrong, please try again later. It was discovered he boarded a train to Manchester Piccadilly railway station via London Euston on Friday, December 11 - just two days after he flew into Heathrow from Lahore, Pakistan, where he had been living for 10 years. Now a retired teacher and tutor from Cheshire reckons he has solved the puzzle - and it's all to do with a 1980s advertising campaign. And there were the train tickets that have helped the police to piece together his final journey. Then I wonder if somebody robbed him and left him like that - but why wouldnt they take the money. "The Google Maps picture is a very close approximation to the poster I saw in the Underground circa 1985 to 1989. Craig is described as being of slim build, around 5ft 10in tall and when he was last seen he wearing a grey hooded top and blue combat pants. He said: I found there to be a close resemblance between the images.. On this one, there was not a number but there was a name - Treu-Dynamic, a company based in Sialkot in Pakistan. Man faces murder charge after detectives find man's body in Miami People of all shapes, sizes and ages are walking over a pedestrian crossing into Ealing Broadway station. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. They separated at some point and Toogood got married but they stayed in touch and Toogood visited Lytton on a regular basis and helped around the house. [7], Further details emerged in articles in The Guardian during February 2017. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Hunters in this remote wooded area just off Mountain Hill Road near Route 7 in Perryville stumbled upon a makeshift encampment, but nothing could have prepared them for what they found next. Detectives investigating his death have now discovered Craig had confided in a friend to say he feared for his safety and officers have launched a murder investigation. Staff monitor pictures from streets, pavements, parks, stairwells, car parks. 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In a news release, the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office said an unharmed infant also was in the apartment. This came when enquiries set up by the investigation team revealed that a man with a striking resemblance to the artists impression of Neil Dovestone had travelled from Lahore to Heathrow Airport two days before the unidentified man was found. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. It is another and surely the most significant Pakistan connection. We are hoping now to have those sutures categorised and classified, as to their structure material., According to Alister Hart, professor of orthopaedic surgery at University College London and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, different hospitals adopt different techniques, adopt different suture materials at different times.. Before the strychnine, it had originally contained thyroxine sodium - a drug used by people with an underactive thyroid. The meticulous work exploring these enquiries was all the more impressive considering that the three officers involved continued to investigate multiple other serious incidents that happened in Oldham over the past year. He said he was satisfied that David Lytton was a positive match for the missing man found at Dovestones. Neil is one of 744. The awards celebrate exceptional volunteers, community champions and hidden heroes. No evidence linking him to missing persons cases was found. 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We have received fantastic support from many key contacts such as the National Crime Agency, the British Embassy in Lahore and medical professionals in the UK and Pakistan as well as the public, the media and, of course, the coroner who we have carried out these enquiries on behalf of. Altogether, on his walk to the station, he was seen on eight cameras. He started at 09:04 on Friday 11 December at Ealing Broadway Station in west London. Don't miss a thing by signing up to the MyOldham newsletter here. "Being a London Underground driver - 1985 to 2005 - there's a high probability Mr Lytton saw the posters and was struck by the memorable, unexpected image of beautiful scenery associated with a northern mill town. Freddy Perham, 17, was described as a "wonderful boy" by his lov The batch had been manufactured and distributed in Pakistan. The people of Manchester make this city what it is", 'Is that you?' For a while, there was speculation that the man could have been one of them, coming back to the area where the crash happened. Detectives reported finding the 36-year-old victim's decomposed body inside a trash bin on Dec. 7, near the intersection of Northwest 205 Street and 29 Avenue. He says when he first saw him the male looked white European, he had white skin. Saddleworth Moor death: image of 'Neil Dovestone' released Eight survived. Part 2 (Euston to Manchester Picadilly) 3. Pakistan is one of them. We were excited. Once there, and despite wearing smart clothing and shoes not suitable for walking, the man went into The Clarence pub in Greenfield and asked the landlord for directions 'to the mountain' - the steep summit in the Chew Valley. If you have heard of strychnine, you may have come across it in an Agatha Christie novel. The mystery of the Dovestone's body is solved - About Manchester We live every day in a horrible dream and wonder what happened to him and why. 'A lovely man': The woman who dated the Man on the Moor Det Sgt Coleman added that enquiries were made with the UK passport office and images and further passenger details were obtained. A post mortem was carried out, but the result was inconclusive. He planned to get some money together to get his driving licence and then a driving job. Forty-six minutes later, at 09:50, he was at Euston station booking his journey to Manchester. One year on - who is the mystery man found dead on a track above The mystery behind the body found near Dovestone Reservoir has deepened after police revealed he was not the childhood survivor of an infamous air crash. Mr Nield used Google Maps to recreate the scene depicted on the posters. He just thanked me and asked me again for the directions, which I repeated to him. At the UK Missing Persons Bureau at Sunningdale in Berkshire, Louise Vesely-Shore, clicks through picture after picture on her computer. "It was an ad campaign to try and get businesses into Oldham and the surrounding area. The medicine container the man had with him was made out of clear plastic, with a white lid and in a small blue cardboard box. The man's body was found at the Saddleworth reservoir in December 2015 - his identity has been unknown until now. Body Found at Dovestones Reservoir: A Case Study - Hubbiz 'Hold my hands up' - Graeme Souness admits he got it wrong about Manchester United star Lisandro Martinez, The Argentinian was picked apart following defeat at Brentford but has since been a revelation in red, How well do you really know Greater Manchester? [4] He was estimated to be between 65 and 75 years old and was almost 6 feet (1.8m) tall, with a thin build; he was balding with grey hair and brown eyes. Craig was last seen on 6 January 2014 at the home of relatives on Norfolk Crescent in Failsworth. We build popular software for managing Microsoft's Active Directory. Despite those efforts, posters and media coverage, no one from London has come forward to say they recognise him. It was then that he was finally seen talking to someone. In February, police were called to Dovestone Reservoir following reports that a body had been seen. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. He didnt have the appearance of a gentleman from the Indian subcontinent. A missing from home investigation was launched until Craigs body was sadly discovered on 24 February 2014. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Identification and following investigation, "Police investigating Greenfield moors death mystery go global for answers" "Cops have ruled out that the smart dressed man could be one of two child survivors as one, Michael Prestwich, later died in a train accident while Stephen Evans has contacted police this week.". DALY CITY, Calif. ( KRON) A dead body was found by a hiker on a Daly City trail on Wednesday, the city's police department said in a press release. "The remaining mystery was always what was he doing there, how did he come to be there? It would have been a strange and convoluted way to get to central London. Read about our approach to external linking. With him, police found three train tickets, 130 in cash, all. When officers attended, supported by an underwater search team, the body of 28-year-old Craig Wilcox was recovered from the water. Tests revealed poisoning and an inquest into his death heard he died after ingesting Strychnine, a highly toxic substance used in rat poison. What started as a body on a hillside in the Peak District has become a multi-national investigation. Not this time. David Lytton CCTV at Manchester Piccadilly, Police compiled CCTV footage of his movements, An artist's impression used by police in appeals, Mr Lytton's brother, Jeremy Lawton, addresses the media after the inquest. Active Directory Tools - Dovestones Software The mystery man, who had been nicknamed Neil Dovestone by mortuary attendants, was found dead on 12 December 2015 on the Chew track leading from Dovestones Reservoir boating lake to Indians Head. She said he had lived in a flat in London which was 'devoid of furniture', as he preferred to eat out at cafs and food markets, and slept on a foam mat. "The trees in the foreground have grown since the poster was made.". [4], Wimberry Stones is a rock feature known locally as "Indian's Head" overlooking the reservoir. The image he believes is roughly correct was taken outside the entrance to Saddleworth Golf Club. You have entered an incorrect email address! Our products are used by thousands of organizations, both small and large from Education to Enterprise. He was a fantastic father and he had lots of patience and time with his son. Man Utd defender Lisandro Martinez has thanked the fans for the support they have shown him. At an inquest in Heywood earlier today, , Senior Coroner for Oldham, Mr Simon Nelson confirmed that the true identity of the man found close to Dovestones Reservoir is David Lytton, 67, from London. I think we would all like to resolve it just for peace of mind. He was just blank. The passport was issued on 8 September 2006 and would expire on 8 September 2016. His former partner gave a statement saying he was a shy and reserved man who likely to be alone. Daly City police and fire departments . Body found: Man found dead in state of decomposition in wooded area Former neighbours said he was a croupier who had once worked as a train driver for London Underground and after being made redundant from the casino had taken in lodgers, one of whom was of Pakistani appearance. They had also checked airport and train station CCTV to confirm Mr Lytton's movements. Three post-mortems have now been carried out on the body. He was the friend who Lytton had asked to pick him up at the airport upon his return. No clue to who he was. At Piccadilly, he ate sandwiches then travelled by train to Saddleworth. A post-mortem examination previously revealed that Mr Lytton had an operation in Pakistan to insert a mid-femur titanium plate onto his left thigh bone. The tragic case went on to baffle detectives for many months. Identity of man found dead on Saddleworth Moor confirmed On 4 February, it was reported that Lytton's long-term girlfriend, also from Streatham, had helped him through bouts of depression, he had a brother, and that he had changed his surname following a family feud. After broadening their search to the Asian country police whittled down the possible number of hospitals where he could have been treated to just 15. The police do not know how he reached The Clarence Pub in Greenfield at 14:00. According to police, the car was towed from the city of Rochester to the Ajax Road location near the airport by a subcontractor with Hertz. "There might have been an association in his mind, good or bad, with the poster and his personal tragedy," Mr Nield added. New Round Table chief pledges to increase membership. There is only a description - height 6ft 1in, white, slim build, receding grey hair, blue eyes, large nose which might have been broken. I imagine he was asking directions or having a discussion about what his plans were., Caught on CCTV a few minutes before he left the station. The quarry next to Dovestone rocks is where the Peregrines nest and climbing is forbidden during that time. [9] His parents were also identified as Sylvia and Hyman Lautenberg. Something went wrong, please try again later. Be brave and do the right thing.. Man Utd defender Lisandro Martinez has thanked the fans for the support they have shown him. "In the 1980s I occasionally visited London for a few days and remember seeing to my astonishment, in a lift on the Underground, a large poster-advert showing a view across Greenfield towards Chew valley in the distance. He had recently left Leeds University where he had studied psychology and sociology but did not graduate. The area is by Saddleworth Moor, part of the Peak District National Park. With assistance from the National Crime Agency, the investigation team utilised contacts within the medical community and the British Embassy in Pakistan to issue a further appeal for information. The investigation into his true identity captured significant media attention, both in the UK and internationally, with the press office receiving calls from countries such as Pakistan, USA and Japan. The search went international when a post-mortem examination revealed that the man had a titanium plate in his leg which was only manufactured and fitted in Pakistan. He bought return tickets, which the police think was a curious decision. Updated: Mar 3, 2023 / 07:33 AM EST. View history David Lytton (21 April 1948 - 11 or 12 December 2015), formerly known as David Keith Lautenberg and after the discovery of his body by the placeholder name Neil Dovestone, was a previously unidentified British man found dead on Saddleworth Moor, in the South Pennines of Northern England on 12 December 2015. But the one remaining survivor is alive and well. He didnt put any money into any machines.. While it is no longer available to buy legally in the UK, there are certain countries where it is still in use as a poison for pests. For whatever reason, the man travelled nearly 200 miles across England to be there. He spoke about taking his son on holiday and teaching him to swim and ride a bike. He then walked into Boots, the chemists, which is the shop next door. . The body of 28 year-old Craig Wilcox was discovered in the Dovestones Reservoir late last month. There are screens showing images from about 600 separate cameras. Six months on, he says, in his experience, the case is unique - Ive never come across a similar set of circumstances. The cyclist who found the man thought he looked like he was having a rest, although it was bitterly cold and the rain was torrential. The body of a baby has been found in a woodland area in southern England, close to where aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested earlier this week over concerns for . DNA analysis confirmed that Neil was in fact a man called David Lytton, 67, from London. What do we tell him? It is very unusual for them to have a body without a name. He walked straight past the turning to the station at one point - suggesting he did not know the area very well.