He returned to Lahore after four days, on 31 March 2007. Marks and Spencer at Manchester Piccadilly. As well as poring over the CCTV footage in London, they have also retraced his steps in Manchester. BBC Sounds Podcast Episode 7: Solved. 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Detective Constable Nichola Chapman spent around three and a half days studying what was caught on camera at Manchester Piccadilly train station, trying to find out as much as we could about him, to see if he had spoken to anybody or used a credit card. Part 1 (Ealing Broadway to Euston) 2. "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. Paddy Lacey was a pro footballer but his world fell apart when he received a ban from the sport for breaching anti-doping rules. He left at about 7pm and did not say where he was going and a few days later when he did not return home his parents contacted the police and reported him missing. Mr Lyttons body was found on Saturday 12 December 2015 on the Chew track leading from Dovestones Reservoir boating lake to Indians Head. The last of the questions above was answered first. When he had suddenly left Toogood suspected he had gone to the United States but he had in fact relocated to Hassan Town, a neighborhood in Lahore, Pakistan. It just seemed odd he was lying so parallel to the path, Crowther says. The mystery of the man found at Dovestone reservoir has finally been solved, an inquest has heard. However insignificant you think it might be it could be the vital piece of information which may help our investigation.. The injury was a serious one - caused by quite a significant impact fall - either from a running or standing position or a collision with an obstacle, says Coleman. He was a fantastic father and he had lots of patience and time with his son. He was thought he could have been living in Pakistan, and that he was white, aged between 65 and 70, and possibly travelling alone from Pakistan to London. 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. A post mortem was carried out, but the result was inconclusive. Its sale is banned in many parts of the world including Europe but not Pakistan. [10] Jeremy Lawton described that his brother meticulously "compartmentalised" his life in a way that his friends and family would not interact. It is a mile walk between South Ealing and Ealing Broadway. So I spoke to everyone else and they said yeah, well call him Neil.. Young woman missing for more than a year may have been 'killed by man who knew her family', "We want to keep Alisha in peoples memories", Channel 4 Grand Designs star 'reinvents' the toilet so you can hide it in your wardrobe, The toilet can not only help vulnerable people, it can save you space in your bathroom. Peak District National Park Ranger Andy Valentine was brought up close by and now often takes his 4x4 past the spot where the man walked on that day back in December. [13] Salim Aktar, Lytton's close friend for more than 30 years, did not know of Maureen Toogood's existence. Coleman says it is not unheard of to find no forms of ID on a body. The Missing Persons Bureau works with individual police forces to help find out who some of these people are. Going back a lot further, to the 1800s, a landlord and his son were murdered by unknown assailants and, a few years later, there was the accidental shooting of an MP. We are especially keen to hear from anyone who visited Dovestones from 6 January 2014 and either saw any suspicious activity on that day or the days following, or believe you saw a man matching Craigs description in the area. A full inquest date has been provisionally set for 14 March 2017 at Heywood Coroners Court. The article reported that Lytton had arrived in Lahore on 6 October 2006, leaving almost six months later for Dubai. Mr Nelson added: There are other areas of inquiry that need to be pursued and are being pursued in order that I can fulfil my statutory obligation and all being well conclude my enquiries in due course.. He had recently left Leeds University where he had studied psychology and sociology but did not graduate. And, as Coleman points out, he had no travel documents on him, apart from the train tickets. He is trying to find out the length of time that records are kept in the 12 hospitals which have used the type of titanium plate found in the man on the moors left leg. With him, police found three train tickets, 130 in cash, all. One theory, still not completely ruled out, is that the mans death was somehow connected with that. 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. Det Sgt Coleman added that enquiries were made with the UK passport office and images and further passenger details were obtained. You go and visit South Ealing train station, thinking hes come through off the Piccadilly Line, and theres no CCTV in working order on that day. People of all shapes, sizes and ages are walking over a pedestrian crossing into Ealing Broadway station. It is known as Indians Head. The following November he left again, but there was no record of his returning. It confirmed that officers had checked passenger records from a flight from Lahore in Pakistan which tallied with Mr Lytton's details. These particular plates have been used by just 12 hospitals, all in Pakistan. He didnt stay in there too long, Chapman explains, He more or less walked in and walked out. [14], In 2020 it was speculated that Lytton's interest in the area of Oldham was due to poster advertising in London's public transportation which he must have often seen for years while working as a train driver. Coleman says he is now dependent on the recollections of consultants and hospital staff and on record-keeping in Pakistan. The body was found at the Saddleworth reservoir on December 12, 2015. Investigating detectives surmised the man may have been Stephen Evans, a survivor of the crash, but it was discounted after the BBC worked out, based on the 1949 report and the police statement, that he worked at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and contacted him. In January, pictures of the dead man were circulated to GPs nationwide, while detectives from. Driving along the bumpy track, he notes that the area is very close to where Ian Brady and Myra Hindley buried their child victims in the mid-1960s. We are pleased that we are finally able to update Mr Lyttons family and provide some answers to the questions which have been asked from the start. The father of Craig Wilcox paid him tribute, saying: My son was a very generous lad. Neil is one of 744. His arms were across his chest.. But GMP have been. Illustration of a Strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica)(SPL). 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. Officers attended, with an underwater search team, and later found his body. He then contacted Greater Manchester Police to confirm he was still alive. CLIMBING. Greater Manchester Police confirmed his identity using DNA matching, characterising him as "a bit of a loner" who "liked his own company". It had been suggested the unidentified man . This male appeared to have no return travel arrangements., On Tuesday December 6, 2016, I received the name of David Lytton who was identified as the male matching the profile.. After eating his food, he walked back down the stairs and went outside to the taxi rank. In December, 2015, the body of a man was found lying on a remote country track above Dovestone Reservoir in Saddleworth, Oldham. In addition there are 131 unidentified body parts. Despite those efforts, posters and media coverage, no one from London has come forward to say they recognise him. At the coroner's inquest on 14 March 2017[12][10] police reported that Lytton had repeated visa problems while living in Pakistan. The body of 28 year-old Craig Wilcox was discovered in the Dovestones Reservoir late last month. We build popular software for managing Microsoft's Active Directory. Signs that the man had been in Pakistan not long before his death included a 10-centimetre (3.9in) titanium surgical plate, only available legally in Pakistan, attached to his left femur near the hip, and a container used to carry the strychnine, originally used for a common medication (thyroxine), had a printed label with text in English and Urdu. 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. 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. When he got to Manchester he visited the enquiry desk and also bought sandwiches which he ate in the station. We have carried out a number of enquiries and as a result are now treating his death as suspicious. 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. Undrawing my tattoos: Why I am having painful laser removal treatment. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. But on such occasions, the police usually find it is just a case of matching the body with someone who is reported missing. A titanium plate was discovered attached to his left femur. Staff monitor pictures from streets, pavements, parks, stairwells, car parks. The concerned landlord told him there was no way he could make it back before sunset but the man set off to the beauty spot undeterred. [11] According to the BBC, Lytton and Toogood met in 1968 when Lytton worked as a croupier in Mayfair. Walking with what he describes as a swagger, with his hands in his pockets, it is definitely the man. But he did not get a taxi. He doesn't know who ran the advertising campaign. 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. Some, she says, may want to leave them for family members or may simply feel they dont need their mobile phone or wallet anymore. Whats the connection to the area?. We were excited. The inquest heard he became changed and withdrawn and never recovered from the death of his unborn child. He spent about five minutes with a person working at the stations information desk. To me, he looked like a Neil. 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. Greaeter Manchester Police have now issued a short statement, and have confirmed Mr Lytton was 67 years old and from London. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) The Gates Police Department is investigating after a Hertz employee found a body in the back of a rental car Thursday. "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. His phone signal remained at the reservoir for 20 minutes before it headed back to the Newton Heath area. I told him theres not enough daylight for him to get there and back today. "The Google Maps picture is a very close approximation to the poster I saw in the Underground circa 1985 to 1989. 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In judging whether the man was from the UK or abroad, his choice of clothes may be significant. Click here to take you back to more Huddersfield news . It all seemed quite normal. He didnt really know where he was going or what he was doing or what his purpose was of being in the train station, says Chapman. His head was uphill and his legs were straight downhill - perfectly straight. Was it more likely then that the man came into Ealing from somewhere else? But it is also a place associated with a number of deaths over the years. His visa expired and he attempted to leave the country with a manipulated visa and got caught which resulted in him getting blacklisted. 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. Robert Nield, 63, was brought up in Saddleworth and knows the area well. The awards celebrate exceptional volunteers, community champions and hidden heroes. He walked straight past the turning to the station at one point - suggesting he did not know the area very well. In the 1980s, he would visit London and recalls seeing huge posters advertising Oldham as a place to work on display on walls and in lifts across the London Underground network. 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. DNA analysis confirmed that Neil was in fact a man called David Lytton, 67, from London. The discovery was made around 8 a.m. at 6731 Memorial Drive . Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 856 9283. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The body of a man was found in a wooded area near Memorial Park on Friday morning, according to Houston police. '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? Stuart Crowther saw the body while out on one of his regular bike rides. He said: David Lytton therefore has been identified as the deceased male found at the Dovestones Country Park. 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. Until now he had been nicknamed Neil Dovestone by mortuary workers at Royal Oldham Hospital. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. A provisional cause of death has been determined as strychnine poisoning. The police are hoping that finding out the who might lead to the answers of some of the whys. Craig had gone missing six weeks earlier and was last seen on 6 January 2014 at the home of relatives on Norfolk Crescent, in Failsworth. Altogether, on his walk to the station, he was seen on eight cameras. 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. Freddy Perham, 17, was described as a "wonderful boy" by his lov We are especially keen to hear from anyone who visited Dovestones from 6 January 2014 and either saw any suspicious activity on that day or the days following, or believe you saw a man matching Craigs description in the area. If you have heard of strychnine, you may have come across it in an Agatha Christie novel. 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. More often than not, people are carrying something from which they can be identified - a mobile phone, credit cards, a travel card. Single - Ealing Broadway to Central London, Return - London Terminals to Manchester Stations. The 28-year-old's body was discovered in Dovestones Reservoir on Saddleworth Moor in February 2014, with detectives suspecting he was abducted and murdered.. Parents Carolyn and Stephen Wilcox have now issued a plea for information, three years to the day after he disappeared from his . He was on a small patch of grass, beneath what is known as Robs Rocks. He will never now be with his son at Christmas, birthdays, holidays and special days in his sons life. Updated: Mar 3, 2023 / 07:33 AM EST. Some are photographs, most are artists impressions. Police were called to the reservoir on 24 February after reports a body had been seen. He said a full inquest into Mr Lyttons death will be held at Rochdale Coroners Court on March 14 at 2pm. The 'AD Toolset' Bundle The AD Toolset has been described as a must-have collection of Active Directory management tools. His inquest will have to make an official decision about whether this was suicide but the police believe it was. Officers were called to Dovestone Reservoir just after 2.10pm on Monday . There - we got him, he says, as the clock in the corner of the screen shows 09:03. The 28-year-olds body was discovered in Dovestones Reservoir on Saddleworth Moor in February 2014, with detectives suspecting he was abducted and murdered. In a statement from Det Sgt John Coleman, read out by the coroner at todays hearing, the court heard that a profile had been set up of the missing man. Craig was very close to his Mum, Carolyn and used to talk her all the time. Mr Lytton's body was found on Saturday Dec 12 2015 close to the summit of Indian's Head above the Dovestones Reservoir boating lake. For whatever reason, the man travelled nearly 200 miles across England to be there. Photo courtesy of Clinton police. However insignificant you think it might be it could be the vital piece of information which may help our investigation.. He spoke positively about his plans for this year. Tube clue to Dovestone mystery body. The father of Craig Wilcox has paid him tribute: My son was a very generous lad. The dead body . A post-mortem failed to establish his cause of death. Menu. Mr Lytton had bought a return train ticket and travelled from Ealing Broadway train station to Manchester Piccadilly via Euston on Friday, December 11. He had been living in Pakistan for 10 years before returning to the UK and heading to Dovestones for reasons which still remain a mystery. 'Body on the Moor' It also found he had no life-threatening illness. Pakistan is one of them. He did not tell Toogood but mentioned to neighbours that he could not afford the mortgage anymore. All this time on from his death, the man on the moor is still in the mortuary at the Royal Oldham Hospital, where he was taken on the day he was found. A body was found in a container in the desert in Cave Creek, Arizona, on Sept. 17, 2022. 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. The body of 28 year-old Craig Wilcox was discovered in the Dovestones Reservoir late last month, The latest Huddersfield news and updates straight to your inbox. 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. No wallet, no keys. These are the unidentified people from over the years. Despite the absence of a phone or wallet, the man did have some possessions on him. Just across the valley, probably 200 yards away, is the site of an avalanche, in 1963, which claimed the lives of two of Englands best mountaineers at the time.. Incident Log 936: Man found deceased, approximate age 65 to 75, Location: Beauty spot, Chew Track from Dovestone Reservoir. [9] His parents were also identified as Sylvia and Hyman Lautenberg. Some count the area where the body was discovered as being part of Saddleworth Moor. He was the friend who Lytton had asked to pick him up at the airport upon his return. I think we would all like to resolve it just for peace of mind. "The remaining mystery was always what was he doing there, how did he come to be there? Coroner Simon Nelson told todays hearing enquiries to identify the man were at an end. There he led a secluded life but was in regular contact with neighbors whom he told he had converted to Islam in 1996, a statement police did not confirm. He was spotted on CCTV arriving in Manchester at 12:07, having caught the 10:00 train from Euston. 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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. 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. [9] Sylvia Lautenberg's family was of Jewish descent, had emigrated from Poland to England in about 1901, and had lived in or near East London. Despite warnings that he would not make it back before dark he set off towards the Indians Head summit. A Londoner would be most unlikely to choose that route and there would be no reason for a tourist making a cursory glance at a Tube map to opt for it.
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