Can you help identify ‘Gloucester Man’?
Living Depiction by Hew Morrison©
On Saturday, 19 April 1997, the body of the man was found hanging from a tree within Gloucester Golf Club, on the southern end of Robinswood Hill Country Park near Matson.
Despite extensive investigations, he has never been identified. Now, a new living depiction of the man has been created by try and identify him.
The man was of white European appearance, although his ethnicity is not known
He is estimated to have been between 25 and 30 years old, and was 5ft 10ins (178cm) tall
He was wearing brown size 8 boots, which are relatively small compared with his height
He had short thick black hair, thick black eyebrows, and very light stubble on his top lip and chin but was otherwise clean shaven
He appeared to have good dentition and his only recorded identifying mark was a mole on his right abdomen
He was wearing what appears to be substantial outdoor clothing:
Green padded jacket
Black ‘Pepe International’ denim jacket
Black ‘Adidas’ T-shirt
Blue denim jeans/trousers
Blue scarf
Brown boots, size 8
A digital watch, make unknown
Memory joggers:
On the same day he was found:
Gloucester’s rugby team lost 27-11 at home to Harlequins, Scott Benton scoring a try for the home team
Gloucester City FC beat Gravesend & Northfleet 3-1 at home, with two goals from Adie Mings and one from Dale Watkins
The number one single at the time was ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ by R. Kelly.
Questions you can ask yourself
We’re keen for people to ask themselves, or people they know, these questions:
Does this man resemble anyone you knew, or saw in the Gloucester area in the 1990s?
If so, what do you remember about him?
Does he resemble anyone you knew, and with whom you lost contact in the mid or late 90s?
Did you attend the incident, or were you involved in investigating it?