A cold case investigation has led detectives at Locate International to believe the dead man was a Greek crewman onboard one of two ships involved in shipping disasters in the Seventies. An online appeal elicited responses from all over the world and Locate International now hopes to solve the “ring of mystery” case.
The body was discovered on Porth Minick beach on St Mary’s on February 21, 1979.
He wore a gold wedding ring, which bore the legend “Georgio and Katrina 1956”.
Nicknamed “Georgio”, he was thought to be aged from 40 to 60.
A spokesman for Locate International said: “In our last appeal, we asked members of the public for their help in solving the ‘Ring of Mystery’. The response was fantastic and we are incredibly grateful.
“We received information that the clothes worn by ‘Georgio’ when he was found may suggest he worked on a ship.
“Through undertaking further research into this line of enquiry, we have since become aware of a number of shipping disasters that occurred in the North Atlantic Ocean in the months leading up to ‘Georgio’ being found on Porth Minick beach on February 21, 1979.”
“We are now focused on the oil tanker Andros Patria (December 31, 1978) and MV Tenorga (December 28, 1978) disasters as we believe both of these ships had Greek crews, some of whom were lost at sea.
“By obtaining the names of those lost at sea, we hope to find someone called ‘Georgio’. We will then conduct further enquiries with the aim of solving the ‘Ring of Mystery’.”
“We have been making extensive enquiries as to where ‘Georgio’ was buried. 40 years is a long time and way before computers were used to keep accurate details. After many hours of painstaking work, we were able to identify a plot in a graveyard in Penzance.
“This means that when the ‘Ring of Mystery’ is solved, family members will have somewhere to visit which was one of our priorities.”
