Mystery man a Malan, not a Malen
RANDBURG – Locate International makes progress in mystery man investigation.
Locate International has made progress in its investigation regarding the man found in Wales with a Randburg address on his person.
The skeletal remains of the man were found on the mountainside of Resolven, South Wales, in the United Kingdom back in 1979, but he has not been identified and his family has not been reached yet.
In his possession was a Salvation New Testament bible with the name ‘D Malan’ and address PO Box Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Mistaking the Malan for ‘Malen’, authorities sent an appeal out to the public for information before Locate International obtained an image of the bible, and identified it written as Malan rather.
So Locate International is again asking residents of Randburg if they may have known a D Malan who had traveled to the UK in the late 1970s.
Resolven is a small picturesque village and community in Neath Port Talbot county borough.
The man was believed to have been born amid the world wars and aged between 40 and 60 years old.
He was white, with short grey hair, a stocky build and was about 5ft 7 inches (170cm) to 5ft 9 inches (175cm) in height.
He wore a blue shirt and beige jumper with grey trousers (28 inches inside leg) and size eight shoes.
Distinctively, he had a peculiar gait. His right leg was fused and could not bend at the knee, this would have caused the man to walk with a limp.
He also had a South African Airways timetable, a map of South Wales and West of England and headed notepaper from the Sheraton Heathrow Hotel were found near the body.
Please get in touch at investigations@locate.international if you have any information to help unravel the mystery of the mountainside man.
Locate International is a community interest company that helps families of unsolved missing person cases find their loved ones.
Also read: Do you know of a D Malen from Randburg? https://www.citizen.co.za/randburg-sun/427512/do-you-know-of-a-d-malen-from-randburg/?fbclid=IwAR1wlor0jRkPe9d8hXBeGfVKVQuCwhJXgcYlkhkjIRC8xfzYUzvGk2s1-UQ
