{"id":17407,"date":"2020-08-03T08:15:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=17407"},"modified":"2020-08-03T11:47:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T15:47:31","slug":"wisbech-man-police-feared-had-been-killed-found-hiding-in-wood-after-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/08\/03\/wisbech-man-police-feared-had-been-killed-found-hiding-in-wood-after-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisbech man police feared had been killed found hiding in wood after five years"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man police feared may have been murdered has been found hiding in a wood, five years after he disappeared.<\/p>\n

Ricardas Puisys, then 35, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was last seen at his workplace in September 2015.<\/p>\n

No trace of him was found, but in November last year a Facebook account was set up in his name.<\/p>\n

Last month he was found in a Wisbech wood. Police believe he was in hiding to escape the clutches of people who had been exploiting him.<\/p>\n

He is now being safeguarded and a police investigation is under way.<\/p>\n

The last confirmed sighting of the Lithuanian national was at his workplace, Nightlayer Leek Company in Chatteris, on 26 September 2015.<\/p>\n

Mr Puisys had been with a small group of Lithuanian men at the time.<\/p>\n

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Photographs of a man who looks like Ricardas Puisys appeared on Facebook last year, police said<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“There were genuine concerns Ricardas came to harm that evening,” said Det Ch Insp Rob Hall, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit.<\/p>\n

A man was arrested and released during the murder investigation, during which no trace of Mr Puisys was found.<\/p>\n

‘Very well concealed’<\/h2>\n

Last year a\u00a0social media account was set up<\/a>\u00a0in his name, displaying photographs of him, but officers were unable to verify Mr Puisys was still alive.<\/p>\n

“For almost five years Ricardas’ disappearance has been a complete mystery,” Det Ch Insp Hall said.<\/p>\n

“That was until we received information at the end of June which led us to finding him.<\/p>\n

“Following a search of a wooded area in Harecroft Road, Ricardas was eventually found living in undergrowth, very well concealed after having deliberately hidden and having not spoken with anyone for some time.”<\/p>\n

He said officers believe Mr Puisys “made the decision to run away as he had been a victim of crime, having previously been subject to exploitation”.<\/p>\n

Mr Puisys is now being given “the support he needs after having lived through extremely difficult circumstances during the last five or more years”, Det Ch Insp Hall added.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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