19 Mar 1984 // Wootton-on-the-Cam
SCARLETT DRAYTON
Reporter
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{Exclusive} A shocking discovery was made by a passing man walking his dog. Albert Chapman (56) was out in the local forest, Meadow End, exercising his dog early on the morning (Mon) when he made the gruesome discovery amongst the trees.
Albert came across the body of a currently unidentified male. He reported seeing the body of a man in a cream jumper and jacket positioned in a seated position with his back against the truck of the tree.
What he found more disturbing was a something like a rope wrapped around his neck, something that is associated with a sexual proclivity called auto-erotic asphyxiation.
This is a popular activity in some communities where a ligature is attached round the neck with the idea of almost strangling yourself to a point of sexual arousal but when you pass out the tension on the ligature is released.
In this case it looks like this sexual adventure went horribly wrong.
The police have not released the identified of the body at the moment until the family have been informed.
