Overview
- Crimestoppers is offering up to £20,000 for information that leads to the conviction of those responsible, with the reward open for three months until 16 April 2026.
- Police have reissued digitally created facial images showing how the man may have looked in his 50s, 60s and 70s to prompt recognition.
- The skull was found by campers in November 2015 in Clocaenog Forest, and a subsequent search uncovered the skeleton in a shallow grave, with injuries consistent with blunt-force trauma.
- Forensic analysis suggests the man was born before 1950, likely of Western European heritage, stood about 5ft 8in to 5ft 10.5in, was well built, had back problems and missing teeth, and likely died between 2004 and 2011.
- Investigators obtained a full DNA profile but found no matches in police, missing-persons or familial DNA databases, leaving the victim unidentified.