A $500,000 reward has been offered for information about the 25-year-old beheading of an unknown man in the southern highlands of New South Wales.
In 1997, a man and a woman came to a public rest stop on the Hume Highway near Penrose and spotted a body submerged at the river’s bank.
Police discovered a decapitated man.
A few weeks later, authorities were informed that four fishermen discovered a shopping bag containing a human head in Salt Pan Creek, Padstow, a month prior.
The head was recovered by police and proved to be a match for the bones discovered in Penrose.
A forensic sculptor analyzed the man’s remains and other things to construct a plaster replica of his face.
Later that year, it was shown as part of a public awareness appeal.
Despite significant investigations, no one has ever been able to identify the individual.
In 1999, an inquest conducted by the NSW Coroner determined that the man was strangled to death on or about February 20, 1997, by a person or many people.
The man’s fingerprints and DNA analyses failed to identify him.
Police have now constructed a new reconstruction of the man’s face in an effort to elicit information about his identity from the public.
The $500,000 prize is intended to lead to the identification of the guy or those responsible for his murder.
Paul Toole, Deputy Premier and Minister of Police, stated that new technologies used by police today may aid in solving the crime.
“While this is a particularly gruesome crime that occurred decades ago, police believe their questions can still be answered by someone in our community,” Mr. Toole said.
“I’d encourage anyone with even the smallest piece of information to reach out to the police.”
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