Face of mystery man found dead in Claerwen Reservoir reconstructed

Detectives hope a new digital recreation of a man's face could help them work out who he was - 18 months on from his highly decomposed body being found in a remote mid Wales reservoir. The discovery of the man, who was wearing nothing but a XL Zone3 Agile wetsuit, sparked extensive police searches and international appeals, but no loved ones have ever come forward. Specialists at a Liverpool university have now used photographs, dental records and CT scans of the man's skull to reveal he had "striking facial features", including an overbite. Det Insp Anthea Ponting of Dyfed-Powys Police said she hoped the new images might finally solve the "unusual" mystery of the man in the wetsuit. "Ultimately we're trying to do as much as we can to identify and return him to any family members that are out there who may be missing him," she said. "We believe this is our best chance to identify the male." The mystery of the man in the wetsuit grabbed people's attention across the UK after police first appealed for the public's help in October 2024. Earlier that month, a lone walker had spotted the man's body floating a few metres out from shore at Claerwen Reservoir, the largest and most remote o