David Lytton

[1][2] The placeholder name was reportedly devised by mortuary attendants at Royal Oldham Hospital,[3] with reference to the location the body was found near Dove Stone Reservoir, on an asphalt track in the Chew Valley.

He was seen alive shortly after sunset (3:59 pm), by two Royal Society for the Protection of Birds staff, near the site at which his body was found the following day.

[5] In January 2017 the body was identified as 67-year-old David Lytton, a former resident of London, who had flown into Heathrow Airport from Lahore in Pakistan on 10 December 2015.

Greater Manchester Police confirmed his identity using DNA matching, characterising him as "a bit of a loner" who "liked his own company".

Former neighbours said he was a croupier who had once worked as a train driver for London Underground and after being made redundant from the casino had taken in lodgers, one of whom was of Pakistani appearance.

[10] The article reproduced personal information from Lytton's passport, showing a London birthplace and a birth date of 21 April 1948.

On 4 February, it was reported that Lytton's long-term girlfriend, Maureen Toogood, also from Streatham, had helped him through bouts of depression, he had a brother, and that he had changed his surname following a family feud.

When he had suddenly left Toogood suspected he had gone to the United States but he had in fact relocated to Hassan Town, a neighbourhood in Lahore, Pakistan.

When he returned to London on 10 December 2015 he was received by a friend at the airport and who told the police Lytton planned to spend some time travelling around.

He eventually obtained a new visa that was about to expire in late 2015 when he was travelling to London, meaning it was his last chance to leave legally without having to reapply.

In 2020 it was speculated that Lytton's interest in the area of Oldham was due to poster advertising in London's public transportation which he must have often seen for years while working as a train driver.