The identity of a man that was discovered dead in Sydney Australia nine months ago is still unknown.
On April 11th his body was found on a Beamish street in Campsie by a passer-by, he had suspected to have committed suicide.
The man is suspected to be over the age of 50 and “of Asian appearance”. He was wearing a royal blue checked shirt, cream cargo pants, black slippers and socks. He had no identification on him; he had no wallet, phone or documentation on him. The only clue for police was an electronic transport card which was found in his pocket. The Sydney-wide Opal card is normally registered to an email address, home or bank account but this one was not registered at all and was topped up with money in a place with no CCTV cameras.
The only thing that was known about the man was he always started or ended his journey at a bus stop known as “Dan’s Corner”, this is not far from where his body was later found. His final bus journey was on April 10th and just took him around 800 feet. It ended outside an Asian supermarket.
Post mortem results revealed that he was most likely suffering from multiple myeloma a type of blood cancer which causes extreme pain to the body. He had been taking a non-toxic level of paracetamols before his death. DNA and fingerprints were also taken of the man and ran through the national database, but no match was found.
Appeals were made to the Chinese-language media but no -one came forward to identify him. The man is suspected of being an “unlawful non-citizen”. The area where he was found was known for many boarding and share houses where illegal residents live. It is possible he had a short stay visa but failed to leave after the time limit was up. Experts say that many that live in Australia will work there to be paid in cash which they will send home back to their families. People that live in Australia will normal carry no ID or have permanent accommodation, this would explain why he had no identification or any documents on him.
In a report state Coroner Les Mabbutt said: “That may be consistent with no identification being located on the deceased and that the deceased has not been reported missing,”
He added: “On all the evidence available I am unable to make a positive finding regarding the identity of the deceased. It can only be hoped that information may come to light in the future that may assist in identifying the deceased and reuniting him with those who knew him.”
They are still looking for clues on the man’s identity.
