A pair of shoes and socks have also been found at the scene, with police saying the victim has been buried there for some time.
After DNA testing police ruled out 47-year-old Robin Barrows Spencer, a local man who was reported missing by his in 2004, as the victim
"At this stage we believe the man was murdered due to the injuries sustained. This includes trauma to parts of skeleton, which are undergoing further analysis. The murder is not one which happened recently, Mr Griffin said, adding:"We know this because it takes a number of years for the body to decompose to bone."
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