Over forty years ago, on the 21st February 1979, a body of a man washed ashore Porth Minick beach on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. The islands are located about 40km off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England in the Atlantic Ocean.
The man was believed to have been born amid the world wars and aged between 40 and 60 years old. He had been in the water for up to four months. He was white and about 5ft 4 with dark brown greying hair, wore a two-tone blue and white short sleeved shirt with a woollen Eltex vest underneath.
On the ring finger of his right hand, he wore a gold band, believed to be a wedding ring. The ring had an inscription in Greek which read “Georgio and Katrina 1956”. It is possible that at the time, the ring was translated incorrectly, so it could be Georgios and Aikaterini or another similar name combination. One thing is certain; the man had a Greek connection!
Despite the passage of time, the man has never been identified. For the past year, Locate International has worked on the case and invested 100s of hours of investigation. They managed to get the appeal featured in the Kathimerini newspaper and on the Light In The Tunnel television programme.
So now we are appealing directly to you. Do you know a Georgio, or similar, who went missing in 1978? Perhaps they were a sailor and lost at sea? Were they married or engaged to a Katrina, or similar, in 1956?
Somewhere there is a family who has lost a loved one and doesn’t know what happened to them. Can you help?
If you have any information, then please contact the team at Locate International. Our website is www.locate.international or email investigations@locate.international
Do you know a Georgio who married a Katrina in 1956 and went missing in 1978?
