VICTIM LIKELY A YOUNG MAN, BUT POLICE STILL BAFFLED

FORENSIC experts say a mystery skull found washed up at a Geelong beach more than 800 days ago is likely to be that of a young man.

For the first time forensic experts have revealed the skull is most likely that of a caucasian man aged in his late 20s.

There has previously been some speculation that it could be that of 29-year-old Paul Kingsbury, who was last since in 2014.

But more than two years after the skull was found by a fisherman, police say they are no closer to knowing the exact identity of the skull or how it ended up in Geelong.

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Senior anthropologist Dr Soren Blau this week told the Geelong Advertiser extensive testing of the human skull had yielded some answers, but not all.

Dr Blau said the skull had been examined by an anthropologist, forensic pathologist, forensic odontologist and a molecular biologist at the institute where it remains.

“Based on the anthropological examination the individual was estimated to be a caucasian male aged in his late 20s,” Dr Blau said.

“To date the individual remains unidentified.”

It is understood the forensic report has been handed to police.

The skull was found at a North Shore beach by fisherman Kye Whitney on June 14, 2016.

The grisly find traumatised Mr Whitney so much he re- cently told a court it had led him to drugs and crime.

On the day of the discovery detectives swarmed the area to look for answers.

Two police divers searched the water while the SES combed through the rocks and sand along the shoreline until dark.

Kingsbury had assault and criminal damage convictions and had ended a long-term relationship with the daughter of the Geelong Bandidos outlaw bikie gang president when he disappeared in 2014.

He was last seen alive at a property in Moolap before witnesses said he left with two men following a heated conversation.

The men — John Nelis and another man — were charged with kidnapping the missing Kingsbury but the charges were