The physique of a person present in a freezer in a disused London pub might have been there for years, police say.
The stays of Roy Bigg had been present in a freezer within the Newham area on October 15, 2021.
The freezer was within the basement of the constructing that had at one time operated as Simpson's Wine Bar, in Forest Gate.
The physique was discovered by builders working on the web site.
Bigg went lacking in February 2012.
He was born in September 1944, and police imagine he might have been about 70 when he died.
"We imagine that Roy's physique might have been within the freezer for quite a few years," Detective Chief Inspector Kelly Allen of the Met's Specialist Crime Command mentioned.
"Chatting with individuals who knew him will assist us set up not solely his life-style and habits, but additionally when he was final seen."
Bigg's reason behind demise stays unsure after a autopsy. His stays had been recognized via his dental data.