A fun-loving surfer who died after spending weeks in hospital because of a brutal assault was doubtless killed by somebody he knew, police say.
Man Haymes, or ‘Creature’ as mates knew him, was discovered by emergency companies in a Manly unit with critical head accidents following a triple zero name a couple of disturbance within the advanced earlier this 12 months.
The 59-year-old was handled on the scene however died in hospital a fortnight later.
These recognized to Mr Haymes have been helping police however there are gaps within the total story of his loss of life, police say.
After three months of investigations, his household and police are interesting to the general public for extra data within the hope of discovering out who was behind his loss of life.
Police have made a public enchantment for data after native browsing legend, Man Haymes (pictured), died in March from accidents sustained throughout a suspected assault at a unit in Manly
The 59-year-old was well-known at surf breaks from Sydney’s Northern Seashores all the way down to Wollongong and had earned himself the nickname ‘Creature’ (pictured, a younger Mr Haymes)
Brother Mark Haymes mentioned he had been left feeling empty by the mysterious loss of life.
‘Man was fun-loving, sociable and obtained on with everybody,’ he instructed reporters on Thursday.
‘With my youngsters, he was at all times a extremely good uncle – they beloved him.
‘Why somebody would really need to damage somebody as unhealthy as they did … that is the toughest half to work out.’
Mr Haymes lived in Brookvale and would possibly beforehand have been to the Manly unit the place he was discovered injured.
Mr Haymes learnt to surf in Sydney’s north and is taken into account considered one of a small group of locals to have kickstarted browsing at Avalon Seashore, which is now considered one of Sydney’s browsing hotspots
The surfer’s household have known as on anybody with data to come back ahead to help the investigation as they ‘cannot think about’ anybody who would need to damage Mr Haymes
It is believed he was there with mates and associates,’ Detective Superintendent Patrick Sharkey mentioned.
‘So it was commonplace that he would have been there.’
Not solely do police suspect that Mr Haymes knew the individual accountable – they consider a couple of individual may have been concerned.
Neighbours, mates and potential kinfolk of the individual concerned who might need heard something in regards to the incident are being urged to contact police.
Police are additionally interesting for any CCTV or dashcam footage of the Manly space from the night of February 27.
Mr Haymes was well-known within the Sydney browsing neighborhood and past.
A paddle-out in his reminiscence at North Avalon is being deliberate.
