The mystery of a man found dead in a river on Christmas day in 1971 has remained unsolved for more than five decades, but a ring could help open the cold case.
His very broken body was found by a group of children to swim in Buxton in the ranges of Yarra east of Melbourne.
A police investigation did not find evidence of how he was there, how he died or who he was.
However, it is believed that an recorded ring used on its left ring finger is an important clue because what was originally thought that it was an English inscription can be in a different language.
It seemed to read “21.4.71 Puck”, but the police believe that the letters can spell ‘risk’ in Cyrillic, an alphabet used in Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, so it has launched a drawing of jewelry in the hope that it finally leads to answers.
The man was found about four kilometers downstream from a Ukrainian youth camp already 60 meters from an important bridge over the Steavenson River.
There were no signs of a fishing accident or a fall and no personal goods were found near.
The unknown man had a large construction and was believed to have about forty or fifty years with dark and stunned hair.
He wore a white shirt, vest with square white buttons, blue jeans, a belt, desert -style boots and had a golden unicorn watch.
A second thick belt was used around their stomach and detectives believe it may have been used to support their abdominal muscles.
His body was so bad decomponing that it was impossible to know if he was injured before his death, with a coroner that determined that his cause of death was consistent with drowning.
The discovery attracted significant media attention at that time and was reviewed against the records of missing persons, but no one has identified it, while a search using their dental records did not achieve a party either.
It happened almost at the same time as the disappearance of the trade unionist Alfred “The Hidet” Nelson, whose car was found in the Yarra River, however, the physical characteristics ruled out the possibility of being his body.
The sergeant of the Victoria Police detective, Flyn Loughlin, believes that the 53 -year -old mystery can be resolved and trusts that someone knows who he is.
“This could have happened in 1971, but this man was someone’s son, he had a family, and there were those who loved him,” he said.
“Even the slightest information could be the link that we need to finally need to provide a closure in this matter.”
