BRUNSWICK

The body of a man discovered along railroad tracks near Cook’s Corner last week may have been there for weeks, Brunswick police said Wednesday.

Detective Sgt. Martin Rinaldi, who is leading the search for the man’s identity, also released more details about the body of the white male, including that he wore a urinary catheter and was likely even older than previous estimates.

The state medical examiner now estimates the man’s age at somewhere between 55 and 70 years, according to Rinaldi.

Given the body’s condition based on decomposition, it could have been at the site anywhere from one week to several weeks.

Police also released more detailed information about items found in a backpack in the nearby tent, including zipoff hiking pants, a ventilated Gore-tex baseball cap manufactured by Carhartt; and an L.L.Bean-type felt fedora.

The man is described as approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 160 pounds, with “ saltand pepper type dark hair” and a light beard and mustache.

He was wearing tan pants, a brown knit hat, black work boots and two fluorescent orange sweatshirts under a dark tan coat.

He may have been staying at a nearby campsite — a “makeshift tent from some tarps.”

The urinary catheter “isn’t common,” Rinaldi said, and likely indicates an extended stay in a hospital, so detectives have checked local hospitals with no luck so far.

Police have fielded “a ton of calls” as they continue to investigate the man’s identity, and Rinaldi said “we have a few potential leads we’re chasing down.”

Anyone with information about the man’s identity or anybody who was living near the tracks recently is asked to call Rinaldi at 725-6623 extension 162.