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<v Speaker 1>Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to missing people, unresolved cases, and UK true crime.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's day seven of twelve days of missing person episodes

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<v Speaker 1>throughout December. Today we are covering the case of an

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<v Speaker 1>unidentified person who died in nineteen ninety six. His name

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<v Speaker 1>has only been known as Margate. Man and Locate International

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<v Speaker 1>have recently done an appeal to try and find out

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<v Speaker 1>more information. As with other unidentified person cases, this one

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<v Speaker 1>will be a little shorter than our others, just as

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<v Speaker 1>information is more limited. This episode is about unidentified person

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<v Speaker 1>case and so does not contain any descriptions of violence,

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<v Speaker 1>but does discuss suicide, so listener discretion is advised. Margate

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<v Speaker 1>is a seaside town which is located in the Thanet

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<v Speaker 1>district of Kent on the southeast coast. It has been

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<v Speaker 1>largely known for its poor and its popularity as a

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<v Speaker 1>holiday destination for UK tourists for at least two centuries.

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<v Speaker 1>Cliftonville is a coastal area of the town which is

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<v Speaker 1>mostly residential and known for the Palm Bay Resort, a

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<v Speaker 1>suburb of mostly residential buildings as well as large avenues

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<v Speaker 1>and green space built in the nineteen thirties. The area

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<v Speaker 1>of Botany Bay, which is only a six minute drive away,

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<v Speaker 1>is more well known in the area due to its

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<v Speaker 1>chalk cliffs, often used as a filming location. Garden Road

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<v Speaker 1>is situated close to the seafront and is made up

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<v Speaker 1>of a series of semi detached, large Victorian houses which

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<v Speaker 1>line each side of the road. Today this road appears

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<v Speaker 1>to be mostly residsidential, but in nineteen ninety six there

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<v Speaker 1>were some guest houses which could also be found there.

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<v Speaker 1>One of these guest houses was called the Jolly Roger.

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<v Speaker 1>On the twenty fourth of September nineteen ninety six, a

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<v Speaker 1>man checked into the guesthouse. He gave the name as

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<v Speaker 1>mister Karasawara, and the owner had written this down when

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<v Speaker 1>he was checked in. This may have been misspelled and

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<v Speaker 1>may have actually been a variation of this name, such

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<v Speaker 1>as mister Kirosawa or mister Kurasawa. The guest told the

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<v Speaker 1>owner that he was Japanese and he asked him if

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<v Speaker 1>there were any Japanese restaurants in the area that he

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<v Speaker 1>would be able to visit during this time. There weren't any,

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<v Speaker 1>and the guest was told this. It was reported that

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<v Speaker 1>he visited a local KFC restaurant instead. There was nothing

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily unusual about this man or his choice to check

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<v Speaker 1>in at the Jolly Roger, aside from the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't bring any luggage with him, only bringing in

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<v Speaker 1>a carrier bag. Three days after the guest checked into

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<v Speaker 1>the hotel, the guest house owner entered the room that

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<v Speaker 1>he had rented. Whether the owner had become worried after

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<v Speaker 1>not seeing the guest or he had not checked out

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<v Speaker 1>when he was due to, is unclear. However, either way,

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<v Speaker 1>the owner gained access to the room on September twenty seventh.

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<v Speaker 1>When the owner entered, they discovered the man deceased. As

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<v Speaker 1>the death could not be readily explained, a police investigation

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<v Speaker 1>had to be carried out to establish what had happened

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<v Speaker 1>to him. As the investigation began, it became clear that

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<v Speaker 1>there was another mystery to be solved. Who was he.

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<v Speaker 1>The police only had the name of mister Kirasawara or

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<v Speaker 1>mister Kirasauer to go on and the information that had

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<v Speaker 1>been provided to the guest owner when he checked in.

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<v Speaker 1>The man's body was sent to be analyzed to establish

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<v Speaker 1>a cause of death, while his belongings and his clothing

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<v Speaker 1>was also looked into for clues. He was described as

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<v Speaker 1>of Asian origin and was found to be wearing white jeans,

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<v Speaker 1>a black sweatshirt, and a blue denim jacket. He was

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<v Speaker 1>aged in his late twenties and was around five feet

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<v Speaker 1>eight inches tall. He weighed around eleven stone. He had

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<v Speaker 1>one distinctive feature, which was a scar on one eyelid.

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<v Speaker 1>The coroner later ruled that his death was most likely

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<v Speaker 1>to be suicide, and it was reported in Kent Online

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<v Speaker 1>that his death had been the result of an overdose

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<v Speaker 1>of antidepressant pills. The name that was given was one

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<v Speaker 1>of the only things that investigators had to go on,

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<v Speaker 1>and they didn't know if this was his actual name

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<v Speaker 1>or if it had been written down correctly. However, through investigation,

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<v Speaker 1>it was found that the name Kirosawur is from southern

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<v Speaker 1>Japan and if Koret may give an indication as to

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<v Speaker 1>his ancestral origin in the country. There was one other

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<v Speaker 1>thing that investigators found which was interesting and may help

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<v Speaker 1>to identify margate man. At the inquest, it was revealed

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<v Speaker 1>by a dentist that the man had received some expensive

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<v Speaker 1>cosmetic dental work. This work could indicate that Margate Man

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<v Speaker 1>was a wealthy man given the extent of the work done.

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<v Speaker 1>As reported on Locate International's website, the dentist stated it

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<v Speaker 1>was of a very high standard and anyone who knew

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<v Speaker 1>the man would have recognized his broad, toothy grin. This

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<v Speaker 1>was of course of interest to investigators, as it meant

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<v Speaker 1>that someone may remember doing the work on this man's teeth,

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<v Speaker 1>and that, along with the description of him, may jog

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<v Speaker 1>someone's memory. Since nineteen ninety six, however, it would appear

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<v Speaker 1>that no one like that has come forward to state

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<v Speaker 1>that they know this man or remember doing his dentistry work.

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<v Speaker 1>Forensic artist Hugh Morrison has done a living depiction of

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<v Speaker 1>what Margate Man, as he has come to be known,

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<v Speaker 1>looked like, and this gives a very good indication of

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<v Speaker 1>what he may have looked like in life. If someone

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<v Speaker 1>knew this man, they may well recognize him from this image.

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<v Speaker 1>It's unclear why he was in Margate, if he was

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<v Speaker 1>a tourist, if he lived anywhere near there, or if

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<v Speaker 1>he was simply visiting someone in the area, but Locate

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<v Speaker 1>International have made a fresh appeal just this year for

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<v Speaker 1>information about this man and anyone who knows anything about

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<v Speaker 1>him on their website. They have asked five questions to

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully gain some new information. Are you a dentist and

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<v Speaker 1>do you remember carrying out this treatment on someone who

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<v Speaker 1>matches this description? Does the name or any spelling variation

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<v Speaker 1>mean anything to you. Were you in the Margate or

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<v Speaker 1>ken area in September nineteen ninety six? Did you work

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<v Speaker 1>with this man or see him in passing in the

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<v Speaker 1>local area. Does he remind you of anyone you once

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<v Speaker 1>knew or someone you have lost touch with. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have any ideas, suggestions, or connections that may help our

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<v Speaker 1>team advance their investigation. Locate International's chief executive Mark Greenalsch said,

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<v Speaker 1>all the evidence suggests he was a visitor to Margate,

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<v Speaker 1>so we would like to hear from anyone who may

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<v Speaker 1>have encountered him while he was in the town, no

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<v Speaker 1>matter how small the interaction. He may have been visiting

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<v Speaker 1>from abroad or from somewhere else in the UK. So

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you remember a friend, colleague, neighbor, tenan or fellow

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<v Speaker 1>guest who matches his description who you never saw again.

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<v Speaker 1>No piece of information is too small, as it can

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<v Speaker 1>help confirm something we believe or consend our investigation. In

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<v Speaker 1>a whole new direction. My Gateman has been left unidentified

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<v Speaker 1>for almost thirty years, and it may only take a

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<v Speaker 1>small piece of information from someone who knew him to

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<v Speaker 1>find out who he is. If you think you know

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<v Speaker 1>Margateman or can help answer any of the questions from

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<v Speaker 1>Locate International, then email appeals at locate dot International or

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<v Speaker 1>call zero three double zero one zero two one zero

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<v Speaker 1>one one. I will leave the links in the show notes.

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