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Richard Sumner (1955-2002) was a British artist who was best known for his art direction and scenic designs for opera productions at Glyndebourne. His life was disrupted when he was diagnosed in 1984 with schizophrenia, and as his health deteriorated he attempted suicide on several occasions. Sumner earned belated attention when he disappeared in 2002, and a national search for him proved fruitless. His fate was unknown until 2005, when his skeleton was discovered handcuffed to a tree by a hiker in Clocaenog Forest near Ruthin in North Wales. Police pathologists determined he secured himself in handcuffs and tossed the keys out of reach, but may have struggled to retrieve the keys before expiring.
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