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. I think we have a duty to the family to let them know what has happened., Samaritans provides emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or thoughts of suicide - call 116 123 for free, or 08457 90 90 90, Download or listen to Jon Manel's Body on the Moor reports for BBC Radio 4, If you have information please call Greater Manchester Police on 0161 856 8972, Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or email dovestones@gmp.police.uk, China's Science Revolution: Five super-sized projects. It was then that he was finally seen talking to someone. The last of the questions above was answered first. With him, police found three train tickets, 130 in cash, all in 10 notes, and an empty medicine bottle, emblazoned with Arabic writing. He planned to get some money together to get his driving licence and then a driving job. A full inquest date has been provisionally set for 14 March 2017 at Heywood Coroners Court. I told him theres not enough daylight for him to get there and back today. He was lying on his back, 700 metres down from Chew reservoir, at a place where the track widens to allow. [15], Maureen Toogood was recovering from a stroke at the time of Lytton's identification[16] and died in 2020.[17]. Woman's body found at Dovestone Reservoir. The body of a 66-year-old Clinton man was found Tuesday in a vehicle discovered upside down in water off the Hill Road in Clinton. Six months on, he says, in his experience, the case is unique - Ive never come across a similar set of circumstances. "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. Its sale is banned in many parts of the world including Europe but not Pakistan. The couple said: We believe someone knows what happened to Craig. 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. We were thinking bingo, were going to get some information here, Chapman says. Despite those efforts, posters and media coverage, no one from London has come forward to say they recognise him. He started at 09:04 on Friday 11 December at Ealing Broadway Station in west London. In December, 2015, the body of a man was found lying on a remote country track above Dovestone Reservoir in Saddleworth, Oldham. [10] Jeremy Lawton described that his brother meticulously "compartmentalised" his life in a way that his friends and family would not interact. It is that plate and the injury to the leg that could prove to be the biggest clue to the identity of the man on the moor. The area is by Saddleworth Moor, part of the Peak District National Park. They separated at some point and Toogood got married but they stayed in touch and Toogood visited Lytton on a regular basis and helped around the house. At the time, Greater Manchester Police issued an appeal for information which included CCTV images of the man at a London tube station before footage of him at Manchester Piccadilly was released. The second post-mortem explored an injury on his left leg. 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. It had been suggested the unidentified man . On this one, there was not a number but there was a name - Treu-Dynamic, a company based in Sialkot in Pakistan. The meticulous work exploring these enquiries was all the more impressive considering that the three officers involved continued to investigate multiple other serious incidents that happened in Oldham over the past year. '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? [11] According to the BBC, Lytton and Toogood met in 1968 when Lytton worked as a croupier in Mayfair. Main News; Community News; Letters To The Editor; Latest Issue; . He said he was satisfied that David Lytton was a positive match for the missing man found at Dovestones. His son asks questions about his dad. His parents reported him missing a few days later when he failed to return home. He just looked like a Neil. Reporter: Alex Carey Date published: 17 December 2015 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. It is very popular, especially on a bright summers day. 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. But the one remaining survivor is alive and well. Mr Nield used Google Maps to recreate the scene depicted on the posters. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Craig, who had a six-year-old son at the time of his disappearance on January 6, 2014, had told a friend that people were after him.. When I spoke to him he just seemed like a normal person just looking at the local interest spots. ", "Tribute to Maureen Toogood, 1947 - 2020", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Lytton&oldid=1132323515, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 09:39. He had died from poisoning. Something went wrong, please try again later. . Det Sgt Coleman added that enquiries were made with the UK passport office and images and further passenger details were obtained. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. They were all purchased at Marks and Spencer, almost certainly in the UK judging by the labels, and his shoes came from Swiss luxury brand Bally. 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. New Round Table chief pledges to increase membership. His former partner gave a statement saying he was a shy and reserved man who likely to be alone. 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. It is a mile walk between South Ealing and Ealing Broadway. Some are photographs, most are artists impressions. [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. He believes it's the only credible link between him and the area. "I think this is a credible link - an image he always remembered.". Menu. His next stop was WHSmith, the stationers. ", Winners of Manchester's Be Proud Awards 2022 celebrating incredible heroes in our communities revealed. Tests revealed poisoning and an inquest into his death heard he died after ingesting Strychnine, a highly toxic substance used in rat poison. Our products are used by thousands of organizations, both small and large from Education to Enterprise. No wallet, no keys. "It seems to me, especially in view of his occupation in the 1980s, that the only credible link connecting Mr Lytton and the precise location of his death are the London Underground posters of the mid to late 1980s, which he would almost certainly have seen regularly during that period. We are totally devastated that Craig has died, we will never forgot him and will keep his memory alive for his son Little Craig.. Date published: 18 April 2018 Print. Others are stamped with the name of the manufacturer. Craigs dad says he and his wife have been left devastated at the death of their son, who they say was looking forward to the future. A FAMILY has been left devastated after a body was found in the search for a missing teen, who vanished five months ago. We are trying to piece together his movements from when he went missing in January to when his body was recovered. 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. "Nobody has been able to find any connection at all between David Lytton and north west England, let alone Saddleworth and Chew Valley. However insignificant you think it might be it could be the vital piece of information which may help our investigation.. Why there? document.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); If you would like to contribute to About Manchester, contact us here. 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.. 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Cyclist Stuart Crowther at the spot where the body was found. 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 was positive about the future for the first time in a long time. A post-mortem failed to establish his cause of death. Craig was very close to his Mum, Carolyn and used to talk her all the time. 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. About 60% of unidentified cases are resolved in the year that they are found but that leaves many which are not. Melvin Robinson, landlord of The Clarence pub in Greenfield, was the last person Mr Lytton spoke to after he stopped off at The Clarence asking for directions to the Indians Head Summit. 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I think collectively as a department we decided that it would be nice to give him some kind of identity, Hales recalls. More often than not, people are carrying something from which they can be identified - a mobile phone, credit cards, a travel card. [1][2] The placeholder name was reportedly devised by mortuary attendants at Royal Oldham Hospital,[3] with reference to the location the body was found near Dovestone Reservoir, on an asphalt track in the Chew Valley. 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It was about 10.50am on Saturday 12 December when the body was found by a cyclist. Forensic toxicologist Dr Hilary Hamnett, from the University of Glasgow, says strychnine poisoning is very unusual - Ive never seen a case of it in my career. The police do not know how he reached The Clarence Pub in Greenfield at 14:00. He went in and then out. The statement read: A male matching the profile was identified. The quarry next to Dovestone rocks is where the Peregrines nest and climbing is forbidden during that time. He said that enquiries to identify the man were at an end. To go to that place to die. Until now he had been nicknamed Neil Dovestone by mortuary workers at Royal Oldham Hospital. In a statement, coroner Simon Nelson read out a statement from Det Sgt John Coleman of GMP, who had been investigating the case. With assistance from the National Crime Agency, the investigation team utilised contacts within the medical community and the British Embassy in Pakistan to issue a further appeal for information. Illustration of a Strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica)(SPL). (SPL). A post-mortem examination had revealed. 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. Coleman travelled south and met up with officers from the Metropolitan Police. 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. He was positive about the future for the first time in a long time. The inquest was told Mr Lytton moved suddenly to live with a friend in Pakistan in 2006. What is so bad that you have to lose your life for? After broadening their search to the Asian country police whittled down the possible number of hospitals where he could have been treated to just 15. At Piccadilly, he ate sandwiches then travelled by train to Saddleworth. What started as a body on a hillside in the Peak District has become a multi-national investigation. This came when enquiries set up by the investigation team revealed that a man with a striking resemblance to the artists impression of Neil Dovestone had travelled from Lahore to Heathrow Airport two days before the unidentified man was found. He had recently left Leeds University where he had studied psychology and sociology but did not graduate. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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. We build popular software for managing Microsoft's Active Directory. [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. 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", Winners of Manchester's Be Proud Awards 2022 celebrating incredible heroes in our communities revealed. Three post-mortems have now been carried out on the body. Deputies said they found the body and the baby at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Avenue . Obviously, it does make our task more challenging. One of the Mountain Rescue volunteers wondered whether he had suffered a heart attack while coming back down the hill. But mystery still surrounds what a man with no obvious connections to the Oldham or Saddleworth areas was doing on Saddleworth Moor. As a family, we are asking if anyone can help us find the answers we are looking for.. Marks and Spencer at Manchester Piccadilly. At his computer in an adjoining office, the manager of what he describes as the CCTV nerve-centre, Oliver Martin, presses play on footage from Friday 11 December. Don't miss a thing by signing up to the MyOldham newsletter here. View history David Lytton (21 April 1948 - 11 or 12 December 2015), formerly known as David Keith Lautenberg and after the discovery of his body by the placeholder name Neil Dovestone, was a previously unidentified British man found dead on Saddleworth Moor, in the South Pennines of Northern England on 12 December 2015. Or maybe you remember it from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Craig is described as being of slim build, around 5ft 10in tall and when he was last seen he wearing a grey hooded top and blue combat pants. 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.