Police analysing Glenrothes human remains release facial reconstruction

Police investigating the discovery of human remains in Fife have released a reconstruction of the man they belong to.

They were first alerted of the find at the Whitehill Road industrial estate in Glenrothes on September 27.

Detectives have so far been unable to identify the person involved and are treating the death as unexplained.

The reconstruction has been put together along with experts at Liverpool's John Moores University in an effort to jog memories.

Forensic teams have worked out he was aged at least 35 - although was probably significantly older.

They describe him as being of slight build and around 5ft 8ins, without a number of teeth and with a surgical plate - which would have been fixed to his left ankle sometime between late 1998 and early 1999.

The plate was being fitted at hospitals in Fife, Sheffield and Ashford in Kent around the time.

Detective Chief Inspector Kevin Houliston, the senior investigating officer, said: “Missing person reports across the UK have been checked and enquiries made with Health Authorities in relation to the surgical plate without success to this point.

"The work done by Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University has provided us with a representation of the man’s face based on details from the remains that were found.

“I hope that people will take a look and see if they recognise this man whose remains have been on the estate for a period of time. We want to be able to reunite him with his family and also find out what happened to him.

“There are a number of distinguishing features, including the fact that he had a fractured left ankle with a surgical metal plate, and missing teeth.

Anyone who might be able to identify the man is being asked to get in touch with Police Scotland by calling 101, quoting incident number 2692, of Sunday, 27 September, 2020.

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