Shimbleshanks
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Man found dead on Saddleworth Moor, near Greenfield on the transpennine route, having apparently committed suicide by taking strychnine. No clue as to his identity; just a return ticket from South Ealing to Manchester. Bought a return ticket, but as the report says, it's only £1 more than a single so may be no significance in that.
CCTV footage of him travelling via Euston to Manchester Piccadilly. Then last seen in a pub in Greenfield and again on the moor, before being found dead on the Moor the next day. No one sure how he got from Manchester Piccadilly to Greenfield.
The Police want to know: Why did he travel 200 miles to commit suicide? Some connection with Saddleworth?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-e8c6cbab-da44-4a3c-8f9b-c4fccd53dd24
CCTV footage of him travelling via Euston to Manchester Piccadilly. Then last seen in a pub in Greenfield and again on the moor, before being found dead on the Moor the next day. No one sure how he got from Manchester Piccadilly to Greenfield.
The Police want to know: Why did he travel 200 miles to commit suicide? Some connection with Saddleworth?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-e8c6cbab-da44-4a3c-8f9b-c4fccd53dd24
He started at 09:04 on Friday 11 December at Ealing Broadway Station in west London. He purchased a single ticket to get into central London.
Forty-six minutes later, at 09:50, he was at Euston station booking his journey to Manchester.
He bought return tickets, which the police think was a curious decision.
“That’s one of those questions that at this stage we can’t answer,” Coleman says.
But then again the return would only have been £1 more expensive than buying a single.
He was spotted on CCTV arriving in Manchester at 12:07, having caught the 10:00 train from Euston.
After leaving Manchester Piccadilly station there is a “missing 59 minutes” in the timeline.
The police do not know how he reached The Clarence Pub in Greenfield at 14:00.
When they found his train tickets, police officers hoped the answers to his identity could be found in west London.
Coleman travelled south and met up with officers from the Metropolitan Police.
“We sat down with thoughts of ‘if you’re 65 to 75 years of age, you’re a male, you’re living in the Ealing area, what are you going to need?’ We’re thinking GP surgeries, dentists, you get your hair cut, bookmakers, residential homes, health services - all these places we visited.”
Despite those efforts, posters and media coverage, no one from London has come forward to say they recognise him....
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