NCA CASE 06-026118 / SOUTH WALES POLICE
The skeletal remains of a man were found on a mountainside on December 9th 1979. The stockily built man had short grey hair, was between 5'7" (172cm) and 5'9" (177cm) tall, and was estimated to be between 40 and 60 years old. His right leg was fused, meaning he would have been unable to bend his knee and would have walked with a limp.
The man was found dressed in size 8 shoes, casual grey trousers with a 28" inside leg, a blue shirt, and a beige sweater. Near the body were found a South African Airways timetable for 1978, a map of South Wales and West of England, and headed notepaper from the Sheriton Heathrow hotel.
There was also a Salvation New Testament bible with an inscribed name and address on the flyleaf: D Malan, PO Box Randeburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
According to an online article at 2oceansvibe.com, Locate Internationale have been working on the case because of its South African links. They gave expanded information on the man's posessions:
"Although no return ticket was traced, he had South African Airways timetables for 1978. On one were hand-written notes, indicating that he was planning a return flight from London to Johannesburg and then an onward internal flight to Durban. A commemorative bookmark for a Christian mission conducted in King William’s Town by ‘Rhodes Varsity Trekkers’ which was held at Easter (April 9 -17) 1960 was also found."
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