Cold case investigators in Scotland are calling on the Irish public to help solve a 16-year mystery.
A campaign has been launched by the Scottish Cold Case Unit at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and the missing persons charity Locate International.
Investigators are appealing for help to identify a body found on a beach in Port Logan, Stranraer in November 2006.
Read more: Andy Cash appears in Dublin court charged over murders of three Tallaght siblings
It is thought that the woman may have entered the water in the Dublin Bay area, with UK missing person records checked without success.
Tidal flows, the weather and the location of where the body was found have all lead investigators to suspect the woman came from Ireland.
“She is believed to have been in the water for up to six months so she may have gone missing in the spring or summer of 2006,” a statement from GCU said.
The woman was thought to be between the ages of 30 and 50, was of thin build and between 4ft 11in and 5ft 4in tall.
She was found on November 22, 2006, wearing size 10 black Bay Trading trousers, a white BHS size 34c bra and tan coloured tights.
An updated facial reconstruction image of ‘Port Logan Woman’ will be used in the campaign.
Dr Maureen Taylor, co-director of the Scottish Cold Case Unit at GCU, said: “The team have been undertaking a number of enquiries around the clothing she was wearing, a geographical profile of the location she was found, sea and air incidents and missing women from the UK and Ireland.
“Although she was found in southwest Scotland, it may be that she had lived in, spent time in, or had travelled to or from Ireland.
“Is there a friend or relative that you haven’t heard from or lost contact with who may have gone missing in the spring or summer of 2006? Is there someone who used to come to your place of work or leisure activities that you no longer see?
“We hope the facial reconstruction jogs someone’s memory and adds more pieces of the puzzle as to who she might be.”
Anyone with information can email coldcaseunit@gcu.ac.uk, call 0141 331 3235 or complete an online form.
READ NEXT:
- Kerry Katona dances with Brian McFadden for first time in years as exes reunite in Irish pub
- RTE's Daithi O'Se thanks energy saving tipster as he knocks over €450 off bill
- Dunnes, Tesco, Lidl and more Irish supermarkets refunding fruit, crisps and other 'unsafe' food
- Budget 2023 'to include two payments of over €200 and more in cost of living boost'
Get breaking news to your inbox by signing up to our newsletter.
