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Man identified 10 years after being killed in car accident
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19/05/2025
A South Yorkshire policemen took on the case in his free time.
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The body of a man has finally been identified 10 years after he was struck by a car near his home in Walthamstow.
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Brian Willis died in a traffic collision on January 22nd when he was hit by a Mercedes,
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but at the time detectives had struggled to identify him or find his family.
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Now though, a South Yorkshire police officer who gave his free time to investigate the crash in East London
00:27
has successfully identified Brian and helped give the family some closure after his death.
00:35
Detectives who initially investigated the collision had been unable to identify the victim or locate his family,
00:42
although they had heard he may have been called Brian Wallace and that he had relatives in the Sheffield area.
00:51
Now despite the Mercedes driver going before the courts and receiving a suspended sentence,
00:56
the case could not be closed because the victim had not been formally identified.
01:02
Then, missing persons charity Locate International shared an appeal to identify the man in January of 2024,
01:10
which was followed by a local news story in the Sheffield Press.
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Local police officer Nick Doddsworth first became aware of the case via that article on the Sheffield Stars website
01:21
and offered his free time to try and solve the mystery.
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Officer Doddsworth said that the Met police were really helpful,
01:29
but when he got the case notes from them, it became quite straightforward.
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The Sheffield policeman solved the case through a partial DNA match
01:39
and gave closure to Brian's family once identifying him.
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Thank you for coming.
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Thank you so much.
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