Australia Australia - Nambour, Qld, WhtMale, 45-60, on spillway of Poona Dam, Sep'08

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Case originally posted by: Samiya, moved here for discussion...

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Qld Police need help to identify this man.
Poona Dam myster man

He has some tattoos that can be seen here (WARNING GRAPHIC...photos are the actual photos of the tattoos taken from the deceased.)
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/pho...an-found-dead-at-poona-dam/20100616-yeyu.htmlhttp://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/phot...0616-yeyu.html
I would like help to find the original tattoo flash designs if possible as I am working privately on this case. I do know that the tattoo designs are American in origin, so it may be possible (although a long shot) that they were tattooed during a trip to the USA.
Basically, Qld police have exhausted all avenues, including international..so I am using my networks to try and find a lead.
 

The Courier Mail has a similar story that focuses more on how he is suspected to have frequented a business in the area.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...dam-near-nambour/story-e6freoof-1225906085268

Kingaroy is a smallish town (less than 10,000 inhabitants) but because it is a sort of regional focus for the area has an unusual number of caravan parks, motels, bed and breakfasts etc for its population. The area is prosperous farming land that has historically provided quite a good living to the people who own land there, the crops are mainly peanuts and also a few wineries.
 
Dead man leaves smiley face as only clue to identity

September 14, 2013

BEFORE his lonely death, a man's last act was to leave a puzzle for police that has remained stubbornly unsolved for five years.
Next to the man's body was a wallet - containing no identification - that had been left open to show a smiley face on a card.

"Have a nice day," read the card, in an apparent challenge to police to solve the mystery of his identity.

Measuring just over 6ft (185cm) and weighing 102kg, he was between 45 and 60 years of age. At some point in his past he had sat down for tattoos on his upper arms of a shark, eagle, Native American woman and warrior.

http://www.news.com.au/national-new...clue-to-identity/story-fnii5v6w-1226718835636
 
Facial reconstruction of the unidentified man found at Poona Dam in 2008

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http://www.news.com.au/national-new...clue-to-identity/story-fnii5v6w-1226718835636
 
Just reading the articles - 2 different reports on who found him:

Perth Now. Read More...
Two young boys were playing when they discovered the man's body curled up on the concrete spillway of Poona Dam at Nambour on September 9, 2008.
SMH. Read More...
A workman discovered the body of the 45 to 60-year-old near the eastern spillway of the Poona Dam near Nambour in Queensland's southeast on September 9, 2008.

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Courier New. Read More...
Age:
He was between 45 and 60 years of age.

The man was located wearing:
A red ‘Bauhaus’ baseball cap,
long sleeved “Duchamp” brand black shirt,
“Aus sport” grey tracksuit pants,
white orange and grey “Fila” ankle socks
and a pair of “Cougar” white, navy, silver and orange sandshoes.
Police estimate the man was approximately 178cm tall,
with short straight grey hair
and a heavy build.

Another Source says his height is:
Measuring just over 6ft (185cm)
and weighing 102kg

Found with the body:
A wallet - containing no identification.
A smiley face on a card that said, "Have a nice day"
Empty blister packs of prescription tablets
An old Plains Video Kingaroy rental card.

Tattoo artists on the Sunshine Coast advised the faded body art was probably more than 30 years old and had no particular military or merchant navy affiliations.

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It would be nice for this man to have his name back and his family to know he was found. I hope they keep the investigation ongoing into who he is.
 
[h=1]Poona Dam mystery deepens after body of Charlie Rawlins found at Mount Coot-tha[/h]
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His clothing was nondescript and he carried no identification. The only clue was a membership card from a video store which had closed and deleted all records.

There was a series of dead ends until late last year, when police discovered a man named Charlie Rawlins had not been seen since 2008.

“He was only reported missing when Queensland Police followed up with his brother in relation to weapons that Mr Rawlins had registered in his name and the locality of those weapons,” Missing Persons Unit Detective Senior Sergeant Damien Powell said.

The brother said he hadn’t seen Mr Rawlins since 2008, and there was some evidence he’d been heading towards the Sunshine Coast region.

It was only a matter of days between the last sighting of Mr Rawlins and discovery of the body.
Mr Rawlins looked very much like the man at Poona Dam, was of a similar height and build and both wore glasses.
Police were awaiting the results of the DNA test – something they believed was mere formality – when bushwalkers discovered human remains just off a popular walking track at Mount Coot-tha, in Brisbane’s west.

The walkers were surveying an area for a possible zipline project when they noticed a pair of shoes in the undergrowth.

They went to investigate and discovered a human skeleton.

“His personal effects were with him, including a wallet identifying who he was. There was even a sum of cash still in his wallet,” Snr-Sgt Powell said.

Inside the wallet was Mr Rawlins’ identification, ruling him out as the man who had died at Poona Dam.
The Poona Dam man’s remains were discovered on September 9, 2008. He is caucasian, aged 45-60 years, 102kg, 185cm tall and has tattoos of a shark, an eagle, an Indian lady and a warrior on his upper left and right arms.
Read More: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...a/news-story/f247734fce8fce78984fedb2a5effc33
 
Aug 19 2020 rbbm
Cold case mystery: Queensland police search for Kiwi connection, fresh DNA image released, in Nambour death
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''Police used a technique called DNA phenotyping to come up with the new profile and say he may have New Zealand ancestry and green or hazel eyes.


He is also described as being about 185cm tall, with a solid build, and balding with grey hair. He also has four distinctive tattoos and an appendix surgery scar.''

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''When his body was found, the man was wearing a red Bauhaus baseball cap, long-sleeved Duchamp black shirt, Aus Sport grey tracksuit pants, white orange and grey Fila ankle socks and a pair of Cougar white, navy, silver and orange sandshoes, police said. A brown leather Fox satchel was also found next to his body.
A Fox leather satchel was found next to the man's body. Photo / Queensland Police''
 
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rbbm
Mystery Body Baffles Police - southburnett.com.au
''The new description is different from earlier images released during the investigation.
It shows a fair-skinned man, aged between 45 and 65, with probably green / hazel eyes.''
He is described as being of a solid build, approximately 185cm tall, balding with grey hair and having an appendix scar and four tattoos.

The tattoos are of a shark and eagle on his left shoulder. On his right shoulder there is a woman with a Native American headdress and what appears to be a warrior or gnome.

Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Dario Goriup said information from the public was vital to solving the case.
“While we are keeping an open mind, current information indicates this man may have close family connections to the North Island of New Zealand, specifically the Tauranga, Bay of Plenty area,” he said.''

Cold case mystery: Queensland police search for Kiwi connection, fresh DNA image released, in Nambour death
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Previous facial images have been produced and released as well as a photo of the man's shark tattoo but the man has still not been identified. Photo / Queensland Police

On his left shoulder, the man had a shark and eagle tattooed, while on his right shoulder, there was a tattoo of a woman wearing an American Indian headdress and either a warrior or gnome, police said.

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The man has an eagle tattoo on his left shoulder. Photo / Queensland Police
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The man has a tattoo of a woman in an American Indian headdress on his right shoulder. Photo / Queensland Police
 
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This is from 2017 so I presume nothing came of it.

Detective Senior Sergeant Damien Powell, who heads the Missing Persons Unit, said police were trying to "marry up the two avenues of inquiry" and to identify any possible connections.

The case baffled officers at Queensland's Missing Persons Unit for years, but police believe they might be close to solving the case after a man came forward in September last year to report his brother, Charles Rawlins, missing.

Detective Senior Sergeant Damien Powell, who heads the Missing Persons Unit, said police were trying to "marry up the two avenues of inquiry" and to identify any possible connections.

Coast body in dam 'have a nice day' mystery breakthrough
 

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