Post by magicspell on May 1, 2020 10:48:43 GMT
An unidentified man was found dead at 6:30 am on 1 December 1948 on Somerton Park Beach, just south of Adelaide, South Australia. The man reclined against a beach wall that morning in a suit and tie, with an unlit cigarette resting on his collar, as if merely dozing on the pristine sand.
All signs pointed to poisoning, but nothing showed up in the tox report. All the tags in his clothes were cut out, so there was no way of identifying him, except for a scrap of paper with 'tamám shud', meaning 'ended' or 'finished' in Persian on it.
Now, after nearly seven decades, DNA has turned up some answers — and more questions. A forensic scientist in California has discovered a genetic link that pinpoints the man's origins to the US East Coast, with growing hopes that additional searches will uncover closer relatives and finally give the man a name.
All signs pointed to poisoning, but nothing showed up in the tox report. All the tags in his clothes were cut out, so there was no way of identifying him, except for a scrap of paper with 'tamám shud', meaning 'ended' or 'finished' in Persian on it.
Now, after nearly seven decades, DNA has turned up some answers — and more questions. A forensic scientist in California has discovered a genetic link that pinpoints the man's origins to the US East Coast, with growing hopes that additional searches will uncover closer relatives and finally give the man a name.
