A titanium plate was discovered attached to his left femur. It all seemed quite normal. Reporter: Alex Carey Date published: 17 December 2015 The body of Londoner David Lytton, 67, was found lying on a remote track in Saddleworth in 2015 - but what was he doing there? in Miami Gardens. 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 is from Greater Manchester Police and leading the investigation to find out who the man was. But the one remaining survivor is alive and well. The body of 28 year-old Craig Wilcox was discovered in the Dovestones Reservoir late last month, The latest Huddersfield news and updates straight to your inbox. [9] The family changed their name to Lawton in 1969.[10]. 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It is another and surely the most significant Pakistan connection. There was international intrigue, and international investigations. He then boarded a train to Saddleworth and visited The Clarence pub, where he asked the landlord for directions. 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. As well as the clothes and the cash and the tickets, the one other object found on him was the container used to hold the strychnine. Carolyn and Stephen Wilcox, parents of Craig Wilcox, Craig Wilcox, aged 28, was last seen on 6 January 2014, Det Chief Insp Terry Crompton from Greater Manchester Police Major Incident Team investigating the death of Craig Wilcox, whose body was found in Dovestones Reservoir three years ago. A provisional cause of death has been determined as strychnine poisoning. Tube clue to Dovestone mystery body. Mr Nield, who taught physics and maths and has researched the tragic case extensively, told the Manchester Evening News : "I grew up in Saddleworth and know the area well. He returned to Marks and Spencer and this time he bought a sandwich. It was then that he was finally seen talking to someone. If X-rays of serious leg injuries over a number of years can be examined, he believes he will finally be able to give the man his proper name. From the entrance to The Clarence, it is easy to point to the place where the walk to the Chew Track begins, just as Robinson did for the visitor on that Friday afternoon. Detectives suspect he was brought to the reservoir, murdered and his body thrown into the water, and remain positive they will find justice for the family. A post-mortem examination had revealed. He spoke positively about his plans for this year. She retraced his steps off the platform, turning right, across the station concourse, to a slot machine and gambling shop. 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. He just thanked me and asked me again for the directions, which I repeated to him. Twenty-four people died. The 28-year-old's body was discovered in Dovestones Reservoir on Saddleworth Moor in February 2014, with detectives suspecting he was abducted and murdered.. Parents Carolyn and Stephen Wilcox have now issued a plea for information, three years to the day after he disappeared from his . Coleman says he is now dependent on the recollections of consultants and hospital staff and on record-keeping in Pakistan. But he did not get a taxi. We miss him, they said. After an often frustrating and complex police inquiry lasting some 13 months, the man initially given the name 'Neil Dovestone' by mortuary technicians was revealed as London-born, 67-year-old David Lytton, a retired London Underground tube driver. "The trees in the foreground have grown since the poster was made.". In the 1980s, he would visit London and recalls seeing huge posters advertising Oldham as a place to work on display on walls and in lifts across the London Underground network. The investigation into his true identity captured significant media attention, both in the UK and internationally, with the press office receiving calls from countries such as Pakistan, USA and Japan. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. At the coroner's inquest on 14 March 2017[12][10] police reported that Lytton had repeated visa problems while living in Pakistan. It also found he had no life-threatening illness. Some, she says, may want to leave them for family members or may simply feel they dont need their mobile phone or wallet anymore. Boots on the concourse at Manchester Piccadilly, He didnt have an expression, Chapman says. The discovery was made around 8 a.m. at 6731 Memorial Drive . He was on a small patch of grass, beneath what is known as Robs Rocks. Click here to take you back to more Huddersfield news . He held different jobs later on and his last employment in London was as a train driver for London Underground. He returned to Lahore after four days, on 31 March 2007. 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In January, pictures of the dead man were circulated to GPs nationwide, while detectives from. [4] He was estimated to be between 65 and 75 years old and was almost 6 feet (1.8m) tall, with a thin build; he was balding with grey hair and brown eyes. The man they are calling Neil was the 42nd unidentified body found in the United Kingdom in 2015. He left the house at 7pm and did not say where he was going. [13] Salim Aktar, Lytton's close friend for more than 30 years, did not know of Maureen Toogood's existence. Date published: 18 April 2018 Print. His arms were across his chest.. It is three years since dad-of-one Craig Wilcox disappeared, and his family are still searching for answers. A post mortem was carried out, but the result was inconclusive. Strychnine is an extremely potent rat poison which is not sold in the UK or many other countries in Europe. He said: I found there to be a close resemblance between the images.. Altogether, on his walk to the station, he was seen on eight cameras. Why has he undertaken that journey? Coleman asks. Nobody can alter what happened but it would be good if we could at least get some answers and find out what happened.. The article reported that Lytton had arrived in Lahore on 6 October 2006, leaving almost six months later for Dubai. Treu-Dynamic supplied about 500 of them each year. "That would explain how he knew the general area and found Greenfield. [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. "It was an ad campaign to try and get businesses into Oldham and the surrounding area. ", "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. David Lytton CCTV at Manchester Piccadilly, Police compiled CCTV footage of his movements, An artist's impression used by police in appeals, Mr Lytton's brother, Jeremy Lawton, addresses the media after the inquest. The batch had been manufactured and distributed in Pakistan. But this man was not wearing anything approaching the right clothing for the walk or the weather - a jacket, shirt, sweater, corduroy trousers and slip-on shoes. 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. He was positive about the future for the first time in a long time. The image he believes is roughly correct was taken outside the entrance to Saddleworth Golf Club. Police contacted the thyroxine manufacturers, GlaxoSmithKline. 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.. Thinking back to December, he says, even when he realised there were not any possessions which showed who the man was, he still had a realistic expectation that we would identify the male within certainly a matter of days. '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? He purchased a single ticket to get into central London. More often than not, people are carrying something from which they can be identified - a mobile phone, credit cards, a travel card. If it was strychnine poisoning that causes you to convulse but he had his arms by his side. In judging whether the man was from the UK or abroad, his choice of clothes may be significant. The family of Mr Lytton had been informed and officers were able to compare DNA from the mystery body with that of a relative to confirm a match. Test yourself with these 12 questions, Do you know your local leaders from your Manchester suburbs? Some plates and implants used in surgery have batch numbers, making it easy for them to be traced. The cause of death was - for modern Britain - extremely unusual. A full inquest date has been provisionally set for 14 March 2017 at Heywood Coroners Court. A post-mortem examination previously revealed that Mr Lytton had an operation in Pakistan to insert a mid-femur titanium plate onto his left thigh bone. The people of Manchester make this city what it is", 'Is that you?' When he got to Manchester he visited the enquiry desk and also bought sandwiches which he ate in the station. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Is it because he was a national or a visitor to Pakistan at the time of the operation? asks Coleman. He had been living in Pakistan for 10 years before returning to the UK and heading to Dovestones for reasons which still remain a mystery. Many walkers are attracted by the beautiful landscape, the views, the climbs and the colours. But Greater . He bought return tickets, which the police think was a curious decision. Theres a fairly good assumption, he says, that he has potentially come from South Ealing station. Martin points out that South Ealing is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly line and happens to be a few stops from Heathrow Airport. He had died from poisoning. 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. We live every day in a horrible dream and wonder what happened to him and why. 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. At Piccadilly, he ate sandwiches then travelled by train to Saddleworth. We sat down with thoughts of if youre 65 to 75 years of age, youre a male, youre living in the Ealing area, what are you going to need? Were thinking GP surgeries, dentists, you get your hair cut, bookmakers, residential homes, health services - all these places we visited.. [1], At 9:04am on 11 December the unidentified man travelled by London Underground train from Ealing Broadway station to Euston station in London and then to Manchester Piccadilly. A post-mortem failed to establish his cause of death. Undrawing my tattoos: Why I am having painful laser removal treatment. "Being a London Underground driver - 1985 to 2005 - there's a high probability Mr Lytton saw the posters and was struck by the memorable, unexpected image of beautiful scenery associated with a northern mill town. He spoke about taking his son on holiday and teaching him to swim and ride a bike. He points out where a British European Airways DC-3 came down in 1949. 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Officers attended, with an underwater search team, and later found his body. Greaeter Manchester Police have now issued a short statement, and have confirmed Mr Lytton was 67 years old and from London. Former ITV Corrie star Brooke Vincent wows fans with new look, Michelle Keegan and Catherine Tyldesley also hyped their ex-colleague's new 'do, 'I get goosebumps' - Lisandro Martinez loves Manchester United chant for him. Something went wrong, please try again later. One theory, still not completely ruled out, is that the mans death was somehow connected with that. He said: Three years have passed since Craigs death and we will not give up. 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. "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. Driving along the bumpy track, he notes that the area is very close to where Ian Brady and Myra Hindley buried their child victims in the mid-1960s. It was the site of a fatal aeroplane crash in 1949. Pakistan is one of them. But on such occasions, the police usually find it is just a case of matching the body with someone who is reported missing. The man found dead near the site of a 1949 air crash near Dovestone Reservoir is NOT a childhood survivor of the disaster, police have revealed. Several witnesses have described Lytton as living a minimalist lifestyle and as a loner who enjoyed living alone and keeping to himself. He was spotted on CCTV arriving in Manchester at 12:07, having caught the 10:00 train from Euston. If your father, son, brother or friend had died in these circumstances you would want anyone who had information to come forward and speak to the police. Mr Lyttons body was found on Saturday 12 December 2015 on the Chew track leading from Dovestones Reservoir boating lake to Indians Head. He just looked like a Neil. 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