Mystery as man, 20, dies on walk home from night out with family desperate for answers & neighbours urged to check CCTV
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a young man who disappeared on a night out with friends in Cornwall.
A body, identified locally as that of 20-year-old Matthew McGougan, was found on Sunday morning at Collegewood Viaduct in Penryn.
His devastated family are desperate for answers, and have urged people to check their door cameras.
In a Facebook post, his auntie Louise said her nephew - nicknamed "Maf" - was heading home to the Saracen area, and is understood to have walked through Falmouth town centre after leaving his pals around midnight on Saturday.
She wrote: "Sadly Maf never made it home. So we're appealing for information surrounding his final movements."
Louise said CCTV in pubs and shops along Matthew's suspected route are "being checked".
She went on to say: "To trace his movements, we need anyone who lives along Greenbank, North Parade, Eastwood Road or the entrances to Glasney Woods to check their Ring doorbell footage.
"But also he may have walked a different way, so can you please check for us, it takes a couple of mins and we would be so grateful."
Louise added any information "is vital to piece together his last movements and give our family an idea of what happened".
"Every micro second that can be accounted for will help us."
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Devon and Cornwall Police said described Matthew as white and between 5ft 8ins and 5ft 10ins tall, of medium build and with short ginger hair and glasses.
He was wearing a dark green waist length hooded coat, dark coloured combat style trousers and dark Adidas trainers.
Detective Inspector Pete Gee said: “At this time we are not treating the death as suspicious but as unexplained.
"We are working to establish the man’s movements in the hours before his death and would like to hear from anyone who may have seen him on foot around the access to the viaduct or in the Glasney Playing Fields and Valley area.
“We would like to hear from anyone in the residential area around the viaduct who may have captured him on CCTV or anyone driving in the area at the time with vehicle dashcam.”
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