Arabic version: الشرطة تجدّد نداءها للتعرّف إلى رجل مجهول الهوية في غلين إينيس

According to ABC News, police have renewed their appeal to identify a man found dead in a car near Glen Innes in northern New South Wales in 1999. Nearly 27 years after the discovery, the man’s identity remains unknown and his death is not being treated as suspicious.

Officers began investigating after they were called to a beige Holden Commodore parked off the Gwydir Highway on September 1, 1999. The vehicle had Western Australian number plates that belonged to a different car written off three years earlier, while other identifying features had been scratched off or removed.

The man had few possessions. Police said he was wearing faded blue denim jeans, light-coloured sneakers, a blue-and-white chequered shirt and a grey nylon jacket. He was believed to have been travelling south, possibly from Queensland. Police have released an image of his appearance but have not identified him.

Detective Inspector Kingsley Chapman, crime manager for New England Police, said it was unusual for a body to remain unidentified for so long. The case went before the coroner in 2000, but investigators and the coroner were unable to establish the man’s identity.

During Missing Persons Week, police urged relatives of long-term missing people to provide DNA samples for comparison with the national database. The remains are among 283 unidentified remains found in NSW since 1961, while 875 long-term missing persons cases are on record. Police also hope someone may recognise the beige Holden Commodore with Western Australian plates and provide information that could help identify the man.