Case Number: 06-024624-IDR

Blank Case 452

it was Tuesday the 17th of March 1970 when police were alereted to a body found above the shoreline, buried beneath the pebbles above the water mark at Glenthorne, Countisbury.

I don’t normally read about people being buried on the beach due to the likeley hood of water eroding the burial site, so I would have thought that burying someone above the water mark was methodical choice and well thought out.

The body was that of a white european male aged between 30 and 40 years old, with a gold tooth at LL7. Which means he had dental work done, he was around 5ft 9ins tall and was of stocky build. We don’t know what clothing he was wearing, if any at all and the eyes and hair are both unknown. Due to the small note about the gold tooth and only having 29 teeth at the time of death, this suggests that police may have dental records of the male, but it must be noted, that may not be the case as the time that has passed leaves room for all sorts of reasons for records being destroyed or lost.

Sadly there are no older reports from the British Newspaper Archives that can shed any light to how this man was found or when the inquest was taken. The 60 – 70s era for missing people is generally a dark era, not because of curruption within the police or because of over zelous journalist wanting to break only the most intresting stories but because we didn’t publicly log these cases back then, and sadly due to time, some information on these cases will be forever lost.

This is why I do what I do, Just by making one article, poster and video, these cases are getting their fair share of the limelight, because even after decades, they are still someones loved one.

Facts

• 17 March 1970
• White european
• Body
• 30 – 40 years old
• 176cm (5 ft 9 ins)
• Stocky/large build
• Gold tooth LL7
• Possibly 29 teeth at time of death 
• Lynton, Glenthorne, Countisbury, Devon, England
• Devon and cornwall constabulary
  
  

Circumstances

Found buried in pebbles above the water mark at Glenthorne, Countisbury

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