Nurse clue over dead man

Police will send out letters to nurses to try and identify the body

Every nurse in the UK with the surname Armstrong is to get a letter from detectives trying to identify a body found in a field.

The body of a man was discovered on fire in a field in Upton on the Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire border last December and with it was a partially burnt medical form.

The nurse's name Armstrong was found on the form and Cambridgeshire Police believe it could provide a vital clue.

A number of high-profile appeals have already been made to find out who the man is, but so far they have not been successful.

Forensic tests on the body showed the man had spent four weeks in north Germany or Holland before his death on 21 December.

The man, who is described as white with possible Asian or Middle Eastern features and aged between 30 and 45 years old, had been shot, stabbed and then set on fire.

He is thought to have been born in the Ukraine and lived in Britain, possibly in the Suffolk area, for six years before he died.