Bah... wasn't there a mirror.  I imagined him washing his face in a sink.

Okay fine I just wasn't able to figure it out.  

Well since I got it right - I'd best put mine in huh..

EBlah news headlines !

Today Police found a body at the base of the cliff face in NSW. Police public relations have released that the body is that of a male and indications are the man suffered blunt force trama resulting in his death. Only one peice of evidence was located at the scene, a broken match.

Police are appealing for information as to the cause of death and the reason for the match - indictations are that the cliff had some baring in this matter.

hrm...I have no idea..

He was a smoker and din't have anything to light his cigarrete with and spotted a match at the bottom.  He got the cigarrete ready by putting it in his mouth and started climbing down but he fell and hit his head at the bottom.  When he landed he swallowed the cigarrette and his left thumb nicked the match breaking it?

If that's not it then maybe the clue is in this part

Quoted Text

Today Police found a body

The cops did it?

Lol Nope

Ok here are some hints  


The cliff has some baring

He didnt fall from the cliff

he wasnt washed up

answer = he fell - work that out and youll be on the right track

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

Lol Nope

Ok here are some hints  


1) The cliff has some baring

2) He didnt fall from the cliff

3) he wasnt washed up

4) answer = he fell - work that out and youll be on the right track

thinking out loud....


ok,
from 2) he didnt fall from the cliff, but
from 4) he did fall
also,
from 3) the cliff may or may not be next to the sea

so
from 1) something to do with the cliff and him - possibly the blunt force trauma issue - his head and the cliff somehow connecting?

as to the match - im guessing something to do with nighttime/darkness and the match being broken - of course the match may be irrelevant?

The match did it lol  
Sorry, I'll be serious on this one from here on out, although I haven't got a clue (again).

lol ok  -  no falling from the cliff  
the cfliff only has something to do with it -  reason why

fall - think about it  if he didnt fall from the cliff where have they fallen from ?

work that out and youll see what the cliff has to do with it  

ok, he crawled into a pipe, it was dark so he lit a match to see where he was...it was the inside of a cannon!...the lit match caused the cannon to go off, shooting him out of it and into the cliff face where he hit his head and died (blunt force trauma) and also broke the match??

lol.  That's the best one yet  

ok must I spell it out --

he FELL

to fall - you have to fall from something

yeah, i was having fun with the above answer....

my thinking is that he fell from a plane, or maybe a hot air balloon? - possibly lighting the match in the balloon causing it to explode and him dropping?

or maybe he parachuted? - but there was no sign of the parachute

it seems the match has some importance - it depends what he was using it for - a smoker, it was dark, something else?

come on people, get thinking!

Maybe just that he broke the match in the dark trying to light it, indicating no success with getting it lit, and he tripped and fell hitting his head and the cliff was ...um ... he walked into the cliff in the dark and fell... or something else simpler than what we're expecting.

*bump

Another Hint..!! We wouldnt be good detectives..