Mystery deaths on Tube could finally be solved by drawings

Published: 27 August, 2010
by JAMIE WELHAM

THESE images showing drawings of three people who were killed when they fell beneath Tube trains more than 20 years ago have been published to try and help police solve the mystery of their identities.

Artists’ impressions, based on mortuary photographs, have been released of two men struck by trains at Westbourne Park in 1983 and Embankment in 1982, along with an image of a woman who died at Victoria in 1975.

The victims have never been identified despite attempts by police.

Officers are now appealing to the public to help solve the mysteries with the help of new facial imaging software.

Detective Chief Superintendent Miles Flood, of British Transport Police, said: “All these fatalities were fully investigated at the time and all clues followed up to try and establish an identity but without success.

“We are now taking another look to see if there is any more we can do, in some cases to see if advances in forensic techniques can help, and to appeal to the public to see if anyone recognises them.

“Some of these people may have had an itinerant lifestyle, but it is likely that there are still relatives or friends who may recognise them and thought they had simply moved away.”

The woman, aged 25-30, was struck by a train at Victoria Tube station on January 13 1975.

She was white, around 5ft 5ins, with short dark brown hair and was wearing an orange three-quarter-length coat and green jumper.

The Westbourne Park Tube image is an Asian man aged 40-50 who was hit by a train on October 6 1983.

He was wearing a beige suit jacket, grey jumper, beige suit trousers and a red and white striped shirt.

The last man was aged 45-50, with brown receding hair and false teeth.

He was wearing a brown jacket and light blue trousers, when he was struck at Embankment on August 21 1983.

The drawings are by police facial imaging specialist Sharon McDonagh, a police artist who works for the National Policing Improvement Agency.