Age: 70s
Sex: male
Date: 1 Oct 1985
Place: Old, Northamptonshire
Bones were found in a bag in a pond at the edge of Old in Northamptonshire.
No identification could be made, but it was thought that they might have been those of a local tramp known as Uncle Tom who used to roam the countryside. After the bones were discovered, locals suggested that they might have been those of a tramp who used to sleep under hedgerows with a female friend. It was further suggested that it might have been his friend who buried him. The police said their only chance of following up that lead was to find the tramps friend.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Northampton Chronicle and Echo - Friday 13 June 1986
see Northampton Chronicle and Echo - Monday 06 January 1986
see Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 18 February 1986
see Unsolved 1985