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Samantha Croal

Badly decomposed body of woman wearing Harry Potter underwear washed up on Scottish shore still not identified

Detectives are still trying to identify the body of a young woman found washed up in Dumfries almost three years ago.

The body of a young woman was found badly decomposed on the shore near to Helensdale Cottage, Drummore, Dumfries and Galloway on August 2017.

Police have been unable to identify the body after carrying out local and national searches.

Liverpool John Moores University created a facial reconstruction (Police Scotland)

The woman is described as young to middle aged, 4'11 and weighing 7.5 stones.

She  was found wearing size 10 jeans and pants with a Harry Potter logo.

She was found wearing black jeans (Police Scotland)

In 2019 detectives sent details of the case to Liverpool John Moores University for a facial reconstruction to be carried out.

The University created a facial reconstruction of a woman based on details from the remains of the body.

Detective Sergeant Nadine Scott at Stranraer said: "Missing person reports across both the UK and internationally have been checked without success.

She was found wearing pants with a Harry Potter logo (Police Scotland)

"The work by the Liverpool John Moores University has provided us with a facial reconstruction of a woman, not a portrait of the face of the person, but a representation of the face based on detail provided from the remains of the body. 

"Anyone with any information which might help us in this investigation is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting the reference number 1241 9 August 2017."

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