Exmoor Body mystery

The Exmoor Body mystery concerns the remains of an unidentified murder victim found on Windsford Hill, near Winsford, Somerset on 13 March 2002.[1][2][3][4][5]

Discovery

The body was discovered on moorland near Halse Lane on Windsford Hill in March 2002 by a park ranger who didn't open the bags and assumed they were animal remains.[1][2][3][4] The remains were taken to the Devon and Somerset stag hounds kennels where there is an incinerator.[1][2][3][4] After several days the bags were opened and the remains were discovered to be human.[1][2][3][4][5]

Identification attempts

Examination of the body showed that he was a man in his mid-20s to mid-30s.[1][2][3][4][5] A distinctive gold pendant he wore with verse 255 from the Quran led investigators to consider that he may be a Muslim.[4]

He suffered injuries consistent with a violent death between late 1999 and 2000. He may have been buried on Exmoor at some time after May 2001.[4]

Burial

The body was buried in an Islamic funeral in a cemetery in Watchet.[3]

Appeals

There were numerous appeals for information on his identity in 2002 including international enquiries as well as a TV reconstruction.[4] In 2017 a new appeal was launched as he still had not been identified, even though a full DNA profile had been created.[4]

References
  1. "Exmoor body remains mystery". BBC News. 15 March 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. "Head 'reconstructed' in body inquiry". BBC News. 14 May 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. Alder, Chris (17 September 2006). "Mystery body to be laid to rest". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. "Fresh appeal over Exmoor body mystery". BBC News. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. "Fresh appeal over Exmoor body". BBC News. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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