The body pulled from the River Torridge in Bideford on Tuesday morning remains unidentified.

Police have now released a description of the man whose body was recovered from the river Torridge near the Long Bridge at Bideford East-the-Water on the morning of Tuesday 11 January 2011.

 

He is described as a white man, approximately 5’8” tall, clean

shaven, slim to medium build, with black hair and it is estimated that

he was somewhere between 20 – 40 yrs old.

 

He was wearing a black fleece, black shirt, black trousers and UK

Size 8 black Adidas trainers with green stripes. He had a black Nike

rucksak and also in his possession were a pair of “Ruda” Sunglasses. He

was wearing a stainless steel Seiko quartz watch.

The man also had a set of 5 Keys on a ring, one of which is thought to have been cut locally in Bideford.

 

From what is known at present there is nothing to indicate any

suspicious circumstances and it is believed that he may have been in

river since mid December.

 

The matter has been referred to HM Coroner.

 

If anyone has any information that they feel may help in

identifying this man please contact the Police and quote reference

CD/11/68