4: The Winshill Man

On the 27th March 1971, a special constable walking along the River Trent in the village of Winshill came across a gruesome discovery. What he had originally thought was a bag of cement sticking up from the ground turned out to be a human skull. On closer inspection by police a whole body was discovered. A man kneeling with his hands and feet tied behind his back and wearing only socks had been found buried in a shallow grave. The police have spent the next 50 years trying to figure out some important questions. Who was this man and what happened to him?

Important information provided by:

www.findmypast.co.uk

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/who-fred-head-murdered-mans-849215

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/fred-head-murder-cops-baffled-142217

https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/bbc-one-crimewatch-roadshow-reveals-142702

https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/history/mysterious-case-fred-head-grisly-2291243

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/riddle-kneeling-body-pink-socks-13400356

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/face-man-found-dumped-shallow-10697436

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-40407011

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-45561514

http://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/home

Crimestoppers contact number: 0800 555 111

Further Reading: Fred the Head and other unsolved mysteries by Michael Posner

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