He was clean-shaven and carried no identification, which led police to believe he had committed suicide. Finally, his dental records were not able to be matched to any known person. An autopsy was conducted, and the pathologist estimated the time of death at around 2 am on 1 December.
What was in the Somerton Man’s pocket?
After the body of the Somerton Man was found on an Australian beach in December 1948, police found a mysterious scrap of paper reading “Tamám Shud” in his pocket. … Well-dressed, and with no signs of trauma, his identity and cause of death eluded local police. Soon, investigators dubbed him the “Somerton Man.”
Professor Derick Abbot has been trying to crack the famous Australian cold case for more than a decade, his efforts leading him to his now-wife Rachel Egan. The professor believes the Somerton Man may be an American and the father of an Australian ballet dancer – Robin Thomson – Ms Egan’s father.
Who was Jestyn?
It is reported Jestyn was a ‘nurse’ at the time of Somerton incident. We have not been able to find evidence she was actually working in 1948 as yet. She trained in Sydney’s North Shore Hospital, as a nurse at the time she met Alf Boxall. Before that she was an orderly in a hospital in Victoria.
Who was Prosper Thomson?
Prosper McTaggart Thomson | |
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Also Known As: | “Prosper MacTaggart ‘George’ Thomson“, “Prosper McTaggart Thomson” |
Birthdate: | October 26, 1912 |
Birthplace: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers Regional, QLD, Australia |
Death: | April 26, 1995 (82) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
When was Somerton exhumed?
The body was exhumed in May to undergo forensic testing, more than 70 years after he was found slumped against a sea wall at Somerton Beach, south of Adelaide. When passersby stumbled upon his body in 1948, the mystery man had an unsmoked cigarette resting on his chest and a scrap of paper in his pocket.
Is Rachel Egan still married?
He was also after my DNA,” Ms Egan says. “It’s probably the first request I’ve had from a man to do that.” But the intrigue quickly went from the professional to the personal. … They are now happily married with three children, yet the spectre of a man who has been dead for 70 years hovers over the couple.
Who was Alfred Boxall?
Alfred Boxall | |
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Also Known As: | “Alf” |
Birthplace: | London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
Death: | August 17, 1995 (89) Narrabundah, ACT, Australia |
Immediate Family: | Son of Frederick Boxall and Louisa Boxall Husband of Dulcie Isobel Boxall Father of Private; Private and Private Brother of Frederick Boxall and Louisa Sykes |