MIDDLETOWN - City police are asking the public for help to identify a man whose mummified remains were found Tuesday afternoon inside a trailer parked in a wooded spot behind 219 Dolson Ave.

After a post-mortem examination Wednesday morning, Middletown police said foul play is not suspected. The cause of death is pending toxicology, if possible, and other reports, police said.

Police said the desiccated remains were found in the trailer about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday. The man is described as having an unknown age, with graying brown or red hair and about 5 feet 4 inches tall. He had no teeth.

Police say the man was wearing a plaid shirt of unknown color, blue jeans and work boots. He wore an older Casio wrist watch that did not have a digital display, and on his right hip he wore several carabiners attached to a key chain. On the key chain was a small flashlight, a bottle opener and a key tag with the name "Allison" on it.

On Wednesday, there was evidence that police had recently visited a small Skamper 100s trailer near the rear of a vacant lot strewn with stone and weeds. The lot is adjacent to the Middletown wastewater treatment center and behind the Middletown Commons strip mall, past the Taco Bell.

Strewn near the trailer were garbage bags overflowing with dirty clothes, with soap and deodorant laying on top. A fetor, dank smell hung in the air. Stained blankets and more dirty clothes were piled up against the trailer and a neon yellow sweater hung out of a small window.

A white Tyvek-style suit, often used by police during investigations, lay crumpled up beside the trailer. Looseleaf paper and unused penny rolls sat inside a black bag in the grass.

Anyone with information is being asked to call Middletown police at 343-3151.

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