"A local woman told officers at the scene that she had seen a man run across a road and into woods a few hundred yards from where the body was found.
The woman, who gave her name as Patricia, from the nearby village of Clapton in Gordano, said she was driving with her two daughters at about 5.45pm on Christmas Eve when they saw the man run across the road from trees on one side of the road and jump a stile.
"It was dark and it was very odd. It's not the sort of road you see people cross.
"It was as if he was taking a chance to cross the road," she said.
"I wish I had reported it to the police at the time."
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