UK - Roy Bigg,reported missing in Feb 2012, found Oct 2021 dead in a freezer,Forest Gate,east London

[RobinCAL]

Roy Bigg: Builders find man's body in freezer of disused east London pub

Detectives investigating the discovery of a man's body in a freezer almost a decade after he was reported missing are appealing for anyone who knew him to come forward.

Roy Bigg's remains were discovered in October 2021 in the basement of what was formerly Simpson's Wine Bar on Romford Road, Forest Gate, east London.

Mr Bigg's body was found by builders working on the premises of the disused pub, the Metropolitan Police said.

He was reported missing in early 2012.

Det Ch Insp Kelly Allen said police believed Mr Bigg's body had been in the freezer for "a number of years".

A post-mortem examination found his cause of death to be inconclusive and Mr Bigg's remains were identified through his dental records.

 

[Legally Bland]

Roy Bigg

• AGE AT DISAPPEARANCE
  67
• MISSING FROM
  Newham , London
• MISSING SINCE
  01/02/2012
• REFERENCE NO
  17-002304

Roy - Missing People

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Squatters lived alongside body of man in freezer of disused London pub for months

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Pensioner whose body was found in a freezer was shunned by his family for being gay, cousin reveals | Daily Mail Online

Relatives of a pensioner whose body was found hidden in a freezer in a disused pub have told of their shock and dismay.

MailOnline has tracked down one of Mr Bigg's last living relatives, his first cousin Frank Bousfield, 83. who last met him as a young man.

 

[RobinCAL]

Keep checking most days but nothing newer than a month old. Thought we would of heard something by now.

 

[RobinCAL]

Still nothing new...

 

[TootsieFootsie]

£20,000 reward offered in east London 'body in freezer' murder investigation

The victim's remains were discovered by builders working on a disused pub.

au.lifestyle.yahoo.com

 

[RobinCAL]

I am glad to see there is a reward especially after such a quiet spell. Hopefully something happens in this case.

 

[Kye Zeeb]

Just speculation on my part...
Is there a possible link with the unlawful killing (unsolved) of Aivaras Danilevicius whose remains were found in Warfield, Berkshire, in a ditch, wrapped in various bin bags/tarpaulin/blanket? AD was a member of the London gay scene.

 

[Bethan]

Thank you @Kye Zeeb for raising this possibility. Sad to say that despite living in the UK I was unaware of the murder of Aivaras Danilevicius.

He has had a thread here since his remains were found in 2015.

Identified! - UK - Warfield, Bracknell, WhtMale, 30-40, buried, July'15 - Aivaras Danilevicius

This is an interesting case. The body was found last week by workmen clearing ditches in Hawthorn Lane, Warfield, a semi-rural bit of Bracknell. Dentists across the UK will be asked to check their files as part of a murder investigation into the death of a man whose remains were found in...

www.websleuths.com

 

[Legally Bland]

Murder Squad detectives hunting the killers of a pensioner whose body was found in a freezer have made an arrest. The body of Roy Bigg was found inside the domestic appliance in a derelict wine bar in London in October 2021.

Police believe his body may have been inside the freezer for up to 10 years. Mr Bigg, who sometimes worked at the former Simpsons Wine Bar in Forest Gate, was reported missing in 2012.


Now, over two years after his body was found, detectives hunting the killers revealed a breakthrough in the case. Det Chief Insp Kelly Allen, of Scotland Yard's Specialist Crime Command, said: "We have arrested one person and interviewed another under caution."

Arrest made in hunt for killers of pensioner whose body was found in pub freezer

Police believe his body may have been inside the freezer for up to 10 years

www.essexlive.news

 

[RobinCAL]

Murder Squad detectives hunting the killers of a pensioner whose body was found in a freezer have made an arrest. The body of Roy Bigg was found inside the domestic appliance in a derelict wine bar in London in October 2021.

Police believe his body may have been inside the freezer for up to 10 years. Mr Bigg, who sometimes worked at the former Simpsons Wine Bar in Forest Gate, was reported missing in 2012.


Now, over two years after his body was found, detectives hunting the killers revealed a breakthrough in the case. Det Chief Insp Kelly Allen, of Scotland Yard's Specialist Crime Command, said: "We have arrested one person and interviewed another under caution."

Arrest made in hunt for killers of pensioner whose body was found in pub freezer

Police believe his body may have been inside the freezer for up to 10 years

www.essexlive.news

Amazing news !!

 

[Kye Zeeb]

This Daily Mail article (although three days earlier than the one by Essex Live, linked a couple of posts up this thread) says that:

"Police have confirmed that they arrested a man in his 40s in October 2023 in connection with the investigation who was later released.

A second man in his 50s was also interviewed under caution with no further action being taken."

Police make arrest in hunt for killers of pensioner found in a freezer

The body of Roy Bigg was found inside the freezer in a derelict wine bar on Romford Road in Forest Gate, Newham in October 2021.

www.google.com

 

[RobinCAL]

New police theory in case of man found in pub freezer

Exclusive: Mystery has surrounded the death of the pensioner after his body was found in a freezer in the basement of Simpson’s wine bar in 2021

www.independent.co.uk