Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Not this time. Mr Lyttons body was found on Saturday 12 December 2015 on the Chew track leading from Dovestones Reservoir boating lake to Indians Head. Marks and Spencer at Manchester Piccadilly. At the coroner's inquest on 14 March 2017[12][10] police reported that Lytton had repeated visa problems while living in Pakistan. You have entered an incorrect email address! 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. 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. It all seemed quite normal. Updated: Mar 3, 2023 / 07:33 AM EST. Incident Log 936: Man found deceased, approximate age 65 to 75, Location: Beauty spot, Chew Track from Dovestone Reservoir. 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There are screens showing images from about 600 separate cameras. Shock as sonic boom heard across parts of England today, A plane breaking the sound barrier was the most likely cause of the noise, Emotional scenes at Etihad as Man City fans and Phil Foden pay tribute to tragic Milly-Rose, 6, who died suddenly, The emotional display happened during the sixth minute of Manchester City vs Newcastle, The Mancunians who deserve our thanks: Celebrating unsung heroes changing the city for the better, The contribution made to the city by our residents cannot be underestimated. Last month GMP officers appealed to the Pakistani surgical team who worked on the mans leg, sometime between 2001 and 2013, in a bid to finally identify him. On 12 December 2015 a man's body was found lying on the ground on Saddleworth Moor. 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 confirmed that officers had checked passenger records from a flight from Lahore in Pakistan which tallied with Mr Lytton's details. He didnt have the appearance of a gentleman from the Indian subcontinent. The quarry next to Dovestone rocks is where the Peregrines nest and climbing is forbidden during that time. The police do not know how he reached The Clarence Pub in Greenfield at 14:00. 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. For whatever reason, the man travelled nearly 200 miles across England to be there. The man then left the train station through yet another exit and this time crossed the road, merged into the crowds and disappeared from view. 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) The body was found at Dovestone Reservoir (Photo by Carl Royle) When officers attended, supported by an underwater search team, the body of 28-year-old Craig Wilcox was recovered from the water. According to her, Lytton was interested in religions and owned several copies of the Quran. He said that enquiries to identify the man were at an end. "That would explain how he knew the general area and found Greenfield. Oldham News | Main News | Woman's body found at Dovestone Reservoir There was writing in both English and Urdu. Test yourself with these 12 questions, Do you know your local leaders from your Manchester suburbs? 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. Weve been lucky enough to find a couple of fragments of sutures [or stitches] from the deep tissue of the left leg. Greater Manchester Police confirmed his identity using DNA matching, characterising him as "a bit of a loner" who "liked his own company". After leaving Manchester Piccadilly station there is a missing 59 minutes in the timeline. If those trees werent there, you would be able to see the hillside where the first of the bodies were found., The mother of 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey watches police search Saddleworth Moor for her daughter's body, 1965(Getty Images). 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. 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. Others are stamped with the name of the manufacturer. At an inquest in Heywood earlier today, Thursday 26 January 2017, 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. 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. Test yourself with these 12 questions, Do you know your local leaders from your Manchester suburbs? Fortunately he has some memories, but he should have many more.. He was a fantastic father and he had lots of patience and time with his son. Main News; Community News; Letters To The Editor; Latest Issue; . With him, police found three train tickets, 130 in cash, all in 10 notes, and an empty medicine bottle, emblazoned with Arabic writing. Dovestone Reservoir death mystery deepens after Stephen Evans - Metro 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. In February, police were called to Dovestone Reservoir following reports that a body had been seen. A full inquest date has been provisionally set for 14 March 2017 at Heywood Coroners Court. The Indian's Head summit can be seen to the top right. Man faces murder charge after detectives find man's body in Miami We will never know. We are trying to piece together his movements from when he went missing in January to when his body was recovered. Man Utd defender Lisandro Martinez has thanked the fans for the support they have shown him. Craig Wilcox: murder investigation after dad found dead in Dovestones 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 spoke positively about his plans for this year. Away from the world of fiction, it was the poison of choice of mole-catchers, until it was banned across the European Union in 2006. You can download the FREE Examiner Apple App here , the FREE Examiner Android App here or you can view the paper as an e-edition on your Apple, Android or Kindle device by clicking here. The body was found at the Saddleworth reservoir on December 12, 2015. The dead man was positioned on his back perfectly in line with the slope. The mystery of the man found dead at Dovestones reservoir has finally been solved more than 12 months on. This area is no stranger to tragedy, observes Valentine. [6], On 31 January 2017 The Times reported that Lytton had lived in Streatham, south London, from the 1980s, until he moved to Pakistan in 2006. Police will hold a press conference on Friday morning where they are expected to release more details on Mr Lytton and the 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. The man they are calling Neil was the 42nd unidentified body found in the United Kingdom in 2015. On 9 February The Guardian gave his former name as David Lautenberg and revealed that he had family living in England, including a brother living in North London. [7] The article reproduced personal information from Lytton's passport, showing a London birthplace and a birth date of 21 April 1948. Analysis of the injury shows that the fracture was at the top of the mans leg and Coleman has now been told that the particular procedure and the way the plate was attached to the bone was very unusual - outside of the norm. The family of Mr Lytton had been informed and officers were able to compare DNA from the mystery body with that of a relative to confirm a match. 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. As well as the clothes and the cash and the tickets, the one other object found on him was the container used to hold the strychnine. He had died from poisoning. And there were the train tickets that have helped the police to piece together his final journey. The inquest heard he became changed and withdrawn and never recovered from the death of his unborn child. Although possibly the biggest question still remains, which is why a man with no obvious connection to Saddleworth chose to head there after returning from Pakistan, we are happy to be able to bring some closure to the investigation and allow the coronial process to be carried out.. A post mortem examination was carried out but the result was inconclusive. 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A MURDER investigation has been launched after the body of a man was found earlier this year in Greenfield. For a while, there was speculation that the man could have been one of them, coming back to the area where the crash happened. Today, at a short hearing at Heywood coroner's court, he was identified as David Lytton, 67. 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.. Witnesses saw him at two points on the mountain . A missing from home investigation was launched by detectives in Oldham which established Craig had confided in a friend to say he feared for his safety. 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..