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Ellie Forbes SWNS

Police reveal facial reconstruction of a woman whose body washed ashore

Detectives have released a facial reconstruction image of a woman whose body washed ashore nearly three years ago.

The woman’s body was found near Helensdale Cottage, Drummore, Dumfries and Galloway, on August 9, 2017.

Police said it was badly decomposed and had clearly been in the water for "some considerable time".

The unidentified woman was wearing Harry Potter underwear (Dumfries Galloway Police Division/SWNS.COM)

Experts at Liverpool John Moores University carried out a facial reconstruction in 2019, which police have now released in a bid to identify her.

She was wearing size 10 jeans and Harry Potter pants when she was found, and is thought to have been young to middle aged when she died.

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

“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.

She was also wearing size 10 jeans (Dumfries Galloway Police Division/SWNS.COM)

“Other information about the woman would indicate that she was about 4ft 11in tall, and about 7.5 stones in weight.

“Her age is estimated to be young to middle-aged.

"When she was found she was wearing jeans, size 10 and pants which had a 'Harry Potter' logo on them."

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