DNA clue to body found in ditch after 12 years

DNA from a man whose body was found by workmen clearing ditches has helped identify him as a Lithuanian suspected to have been killed 12 years ago.

The remains of Aivaras Danilevicius were discovered in Hawthorn Lane in Warfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, on July 24 last year.

His cause of death remains uncertain but it is believed he had been bludgeoned as he had “blunt force” injuries to his head.

Detective Sergeant Paul Quinton, of Thames Valley Police’s major crime unit, said investigators suspect Mr Danilevicius was killed after late summer 2004. Details about his background have also emerged as police hope an appeal on the one-year anniversary of the discovery of his body will lead to his killer.