peteb
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- Jul 4, 2012
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About a couple of minutes into the first episode, the narrator said ‘we now know for sure the body seen the night before was the same as the one in the evening’ ... or words to that effect.04 | The Somerton Man Mystery — a family connection could hold the answer - ABC listen
Derek Abbott has spent decades trying to identify the man found dead on Somerton Beach. If his theory is correct, he's married to the unknown man's great granddaughter. But to prove it, he needs the Somerton Man's DNA.www.abc.net.au
Episode 4 has interesting interviews with Rachel Egan and others who give insights on "Granny Jo" and starts to discuss what the possible DNA of the unknown man can tell them.
Recommended listening.
This disputes the findings of Coroner Cleland, who states in his winding up that it is ‘not known’ where the man died.
This misstatement of facts is typical of Prof Abbott, who was listed as being involved in the podcast. When it comes to accuracy, Abbott is and has always been lacking. Beginning with his early assertion, since corrected, that a T Keane, seaman on the SS Cycle was missing at the time.
His explanation for the appearance of a box of Bryant and May matches was that 'Moss must have missed them.' He also states that the phone number found on the back of the Rubaiyat belonged to a nurse living in Glenelg, where in fact she was just the one who opened the door to the police when they came looking for the subscriber, who has yet to be positively identified but was in all probability, Prosper Thomson.
And Abbott has yet to acknowledge the fact that the trousers worn by the man seen in the evening were different to those worn by the man found dead in the morning. He also disputes the accuracy of the statement given to the police, and sighted by Feltus, by the witness who saw a man carrying a man along the beach on the night of November 30.
He also promotes the theory that Harkness was nicknamed Jestyn, which, unfortunately, is now accepted as a fact despite having no proven basis as neither Boxall, Kate Thomson or Jessica herself alluded to it in their interviews.
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