Can you help identify ‘Lewisham Man’?
Can you, or someone you know, help solve a mystery that is now more than 13 years old?
Living Depiction by Hew Morrison©
At 9.39pm on Thursday, 1 April, 2010, a man was found collapsed on a street in Lewisham, south London. He was taken to Lewisham Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death was given as cardiac arrest.
He has still not been identified, but we think someone out there must recognise him or his distinctive tattoos.
The man is believed to have been between 40 and 50 years old, and he was found with an Oyster card and a mobile phone, which suggest someone who was established in the area, rather than a short-term visitor.
From his appearance, he is thought to have been of South-East Asian origin, and, but his exact nationality is not known.
He may have been from Thailand, due to four tattoos on his body in the ‘Sak Yant’ style (meaning “protection from harm”), produced using bamboo.
The four tattoos:
A square design with three rising pinnacles (upper right arm)
A circle design with five rising pinnacles (upper left arm)
A dog-like animal with arrow/spear shape (front right thigh)
A woman/mermaid design (left front thigh)
Questions you can ask yourself
Even just the smallest piece of information can help our investigation – either by confirming information or opening up new leads.
Were you involved in the incident at the time?
Did you attend the scene of his collapse, or maybe witness it?
Were you involved in his treatment at hospital, or in his burial?
Did you maybe know this man from the South-East Asian diaspora in London? If so, what do you remember about him?
Do you recognise these tattoos, or do they signify anything to you?