Police investigating the death of a 44-year-old man found in Blackwood have made a fresh appeal to find his brother.
While Gwent Police have not officially released the identity of the body found near Highfields Way on Tuesday, April 14, Caerphilly Observer understands it is John Jones – the brother of missing man Neil Jones, aged 39.
Neil has been missing since February 1 and it is believed his bank account has not been used since his disappearance.
A third sibling, Shane Jones, 32, was killed after he was attacked on Apollo Way in Blackwood on January 14 this year.
Shane died in hospital following the assault and two people were arrested in connection with his death.
A 32-year-old man from Blackwood was arrested on suspicion of murder and a 35-year-old woman from Blackwood was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Both were released on conditional bail pending further investigation.
Police are treating the death of John Jones, the eldest of the three, as “unexplained”.
The discovery of his body was reported to the police at 8.20am.
Eyewitnesses at the time reported seeing a large police presence scouring a nearby field.
A postmortem has taken place and further tests have been requested, police said.
The last reported sighting of Neil, who is described as 5ft 7in tall and of medium build, was in Cardiff.
He has links to Blackwood, Risca, Rhymney and west Wales.
Anyone with information on Mr Jones’ whereabouts can contact Gwent Police on 101, quoting reference 2000055389.
Shane and John Jones were well known in the Blackwood area for their notorious bad behaviour.
The two had antisocial behaviour orders placed on them back in 2010 and both recorded several breaches of them over the years, landing them in front of magistrates several times.
The brothers were often abusive, threatening, and aggressive to others, usually while drunk.
The ASBOs banned them from buying alcohol from off-licences and from also drinking it in public.
They were also prohibited from “acting in a manner, which causes or is likely to cause nuisance, harassment, alarm or distress to any person”.
The pair were originally taken to court by the Safer Caerphilly Community Safety Partnership.