Post by hi224 on Oct 16, 2019 5:54:44 GMT
So There are fresh hopes the baffling “Somerton Man” cold case could be solved, with the State Government granting conditional approval to exhume his body.
The Advertiser reported in August last year that Attorney-General Vickie Chapman would consider requests to exhume the body in order to extract DNA that would solve the 70-year mystery of his identity.
Now, conditional approval has been granted for the exhumation, ABC Radio Adelaide reports.
“I am quite happy to give my approval, provided the costs are met by those who apply,” Ms Chapman said.
“It is a mystery, and it would be nice to have an answer.”
The “Somerton Man” was found on Somerton Beach in December 1948, propped against a seawall and with a half-smoked cigarette on his lapel.
The new ABC Australia docuseries: www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/somerton-man-mystery/
Source for this development: www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/attorneygeneral-vickie-chapman-wants-to-solve-somerton-man-cold-case-conditional-funding-approved/news-story/6531247eee73fa0e227fe5fd518dc751
Other info: youtu.be/gOOqmuEzRGw
The Advertiser reported in August last year that Attorney-General Vickie Chapman would consider requests to exhume the body in order to extract DNA that would solve the 70-year mystery of his identity.
Now, conditional approval has been granted for the exhumation, ABC Radio Adelaide reports.
“I am quite happy to give my approval, provided the costs are met by those who apply,” Ms Chapman said.
“It is a mystery, and it would be nice to have an answer.”
The “Somerton Man” was found on Somerton Beach in December 1948, propped against a seawall and with a half-smoked cigarette on his lapel.
The new ABC Australia docuseries: www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/somerton-man-mystery/
Source for this development: www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/attorneygeneral-vickie-chapman-wants-to-solve-somerton-man-cold-case-conditional-funding-approved/news-story/6531247eee73fa0e227fe5fd518dc751
Other info: youtu.be/gOOqmuEzRGw