Police appeal for family of mystery man they have called ‘Mr Sad’ after his body was discovered in a tent at a seaside where it had lain for a year
- Avon and Somerset Police have not found family or friends of the mystery man
- Inside the tent was a newspaper dated August 2016 with a birth certificate
- The man was found in Weston-super-Mare and appeared to be sleeping rough
A mystery man’s corpse named ‘Mr Sad’ may have laid hidden in a tent in Weston-super-Mare for a year as police issue a photo of him today to trace his family and break the news.
Despite intensive inquiries, Avon and Somerset Police have failed to find his family and nobody seems to have reported him missing – it’s as if nobody noticed he had disappeared.
Inside the tent was a newspaper dated August 2016 and a driving licence and birth certificate.
Avon and Somerset Police have released a photo of a mystery man dubbed ‘Mr Sad’ to find his next-of-kin after his body was found decomposing in a tent for a year in Weston-super-Mare
Investigating officer PC Andy Henderson said: ‘This is a really sad case of a man who appears to have been sleeping rough and whose death seems to have gone unreported.
‘It would appear he had been dead for up to a year before he was found and due to the condition of the remains it has been extremely difficult to establish for certain who he is.
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‘Based on the documentation found, we believe the man to be called Peter Thomas Harrison who was born in Birmingham and would either have been aged 59 or 60 when he died.
‘We also believe he was a driver by trade and had spent recent years in and around the Weston-super-Mare area.
The tent near a seaside resort off the A370 had inside a newspaper dated August 2016, a driving licence and a birth certificate
‘We’d rather his next-of-kin not find out about his death in this manner but feel strongly that given the length of time, it is important they know.’
The decomposing remains were found in a tent off the A370 near Weston-super-Mare on August 15, 2017.
If you are the man’s next-of-kin, or have any information which could us identify them, please contact Investigations via 101 providing the call handler with the reference 5217187006.
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