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The original was posted on /r/unresolvedmysteries by /u/coffebl19 on 2024-01-23 12:37:04+00:00.
Original Title: Police appeal for information for an unidentified man stuck by a train in Sydney more than 40 years ago. A fingerprint identified the man as possibly be Osvaldo Perez and had a South American appearance with tattoos. Who is this man? Tattoos and computer generated images available.
Police believe a tattoo of a woman holding a bouquet of flower and a computer generated image could help crack a 42-year-old cold case death in inner Sydney.
An unidentified man was hit by a train in between Stanmore and Newtown Station in then city's inner west just before 4:50pm on April 14, 1981.
**Sydney, Australia****
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
A fingerprint analyst in 2021 identified the man as possibly Osvaldo Perez, born on May 16, 1955.
That person was believed to be living in a boarding house on Normanby Street in Fairfield East, and working as a labourer or boilermaker. But this identity may have been an alias.
Cabramatta Police arrested the man on New Year's Day in 1981 for exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol, driving an unregistered or uninsured vehicle, and unlicensed driving.
No family or friend have came forward despite appeals by the police. It is believed this man may came from overseas and might have been an illegal immigrant hence him providing false details at the time when he was arrested.
- South American appearance with olive complexion and dark hair.
- about 176cm tall
- aged between 25 and 30 years.
- He spoke with an accent and was possibly linked to Fairfield's Romanian community.
Tattoos -
An image of a woman wearing a bikini and holding a bunch of flowers was tattooed on his left thigh, near an eye with the words "Eulrila" and "Stevios", which could be in Greek or Spanish.
He also had a rose tattooed on his left shoulder blade.
Police are seeking advice from tattoo artists who worked in the 1980s about the origin of the tattoos.
ABCnews 17th jan 2024:
News 17th Jan 2024: https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/police-believe-tattoo-could-help-identify-man-struck-by-sydney-train-in-1981/news-story/f14ded4631a56f9b700d255af74f4e8a#:~:text=An%20unidentified%20man%2C%20believed%20to,man%20could%20not%20be%20identified.
9news 17th Jan 2024: