Police appeal for help to identify man found dead in a wetsuit

Who is this man? So far, that question has proved impossible to answer.

Detectives hope that revealing the face of the man they found dead in a wetsuit can unlock a long-running mystery. It began just after 8am on 17 October 2024, when a dog walker found the man's body in a reservoir in Mid Wales.

Investigators explored countless avenues over the past 16 months, but the lack of clues makes it one of the UK's most baffling cases. "No belongings, nothing found around the banking, no vehicle left nearby," DI Anthea Ponting told Sky News.

"Currently, none of the available information to us suggests a criminal element to it, however it would be remiss to say that new information may not change that." The police search around the remote Claerwen reservoir involved a low-flying helicopter, drones, a boat team and officers scouring the water's edge. They found nothing.

All they had was the body and the Zone 3 Agile wetsuit, which was sized XL. Dyfed-Powys Police made public appeals, searched medical databases, checked criminal records, analysed missing people cases, and even spread the word overseas via Interpol.

"It's really unusual.