Historical, international, located, located deceased, unidentified 1940s, 1948, Australia Princess Doe has been identified Mystery of Australia’s ‘Somerton Man’ solved after 70 years, researcher says (BBC).Somerton Man identified as Melbourne electrical engineer, researcher says (ABC Australia).Identity mystery of Australia’s ‘Somerton Man’ solved with DNA after 74 years (UPI).A body found in 1948 became an Australian obsession.DNA Researchers Name the Somerton Man, Australia’s 73-Year-Old Cold Case (The New York Times).Mystery of Somerton man’s identity solved after 73 years, researchers in Australia say (The Guardian).Some articles from a variety of sources, both paywalled and not, pick your poison: It makes me nervous that they haven’t commented yet. The police have yet to confirm the ID, hence my question mark in the title of this blog post. Why Webb was sitting against the seawall on Somerton Beach, with a scrap of paper bearing Persian words in his pocket and all the labels on his clothes removed, and what he died of, remains a mystery. Honestly I was expecting the Somerton Man to be have had a more interesting occupation than this. He was an electrical engineer from Melbourne. They’re saying his name is Charles Webb, who went by Carl. It’s also known as the Tamam Shud case cause those words (Persian for something like “it is finished”) were written on a scrap of paper in his pocket. Researchers in Australia claim they have identified the Somerton Man, a very mysterious case of a John Doe who died of unknown causes on Somerton Beach south of Adelaide in 1948. African-Americans, located, located deceased, minorities, women 2010s, 2012, California, Desiree Thompson Somerton Man identified? Desiree, it turns out, was the victim of a random predator who got mad at someone else and decided to take it out on her, a complete stranger whom he happened to see walking down the street minding her own business. Edward Gibson may not be the nicest person, but he didn’t kill his wife. Certainly he sounds like a dangerous individual. It was sort of assumed, under the circumstances, that he must have kidnapped or murdered her. Then later that day she disappeared, and so did her husband. Thompson’s mother offered to take care of her children until Thompson could get the situation sorted. She found Thompson at home but very frightened, with furniture stacked against the apartment door. In the early morning hours she had had a domestic violence incident with her estranged husband, Edward “Face” Gibson III, where he showed up at her door and pointed a shotgun at her.Īt 10:00 a.m., Thompson’s mother tried to call her but was unable to reach her, and so came to her apartment. Thompson was last seen in the 20900 block of 83rd Street in California City, California on January 7, 2012. So, the now-resolved case of Desiree Thompson on the Charley Project used to start off like this:

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