Students assist in appeal to identify possible murder victim
A fresh appeal to identify a suspected murder victim found nearly three decades ago has launched thanks to new leads uncovered by Staffordshire University students.On 11 July 1994, the body of a middle-aged man believed to be British was recovered by a police boat in the North Sea, West of the Island Heligoland near Germany. The body showed injuries on the head and upper body, and there was evidence of him having been weighted down, suggesting intentional harm. Previous attempts to identify the man dubbed ‘the gentleman’ by German police have been unsuccessful and the case remains open.