{"id":53772,"date":"2021-05-19T07:42:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T22:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=53772"},"modified":"2021-05-19T07:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T22:14:10","slug":"police-are-exhuming-the-remains-of-the-somerton-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/police-are-exhuming-the-remains-of-the-somerton-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Development In The Baffling Somerton Man Cold Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police are exhuming the remains of the Somerton Man in the hope DNA samples can solve the baffling cold case of his identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/roweys-sports-show-podcast-18-may-2021\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Rowey's Sports Show Podcast - 18 May 2021\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.sa.gov.au\/sa-police-news-assets\/front-page-news\/body-of-somerton-man-exhumed#.YKQ5M6gzY2x\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAPOL revealed on Wednesday<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>On December 1, 1948, the body of a man was found on Somerton Beach. The man has never been identified and as such the investigation into his identity and the circumstances of this death remain an open inquiry.<\/p><p>Following approval by the Attorney-General Vickie Chapman, his body will be exhumed this morning (Wednesday, 19 May).<\/p><p>The case is in the hands of the SA Police\u2019s Major Crime Investigation Branch, who have continued to review and investigate the matter.<\/p><p>Detective Superintendent Des Bray said the exhuming of the man\u2019s body is yet another course of action in our ongoing active investigations.<\/p><p>\u201dFollowing recovery of the remains Forensic Science SA will attempt to recover a DNA profile from the man,\u201d Detective Superintendent Bray said.<\/p><p>\u201cIf a DNA profile can be obtained, and subject the amount and quality of the DNA a forensic case meeting will be held to formulate the most appropriate DNA strategy which will then require considerable investigation work to have any chance of identifying the man or where he originated from.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Body of Somerton Man exhumed <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G5G8WpUUGO\">https:\/\/t.co\/G5G8WpUUGO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L1igpOoycW\">pic.twitter.com\/L1igpOoycW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; South Australia Police (@SAPoliceNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAPoliceNews\/status\/1394763643477139458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Attorney General Vickie Chapman has arrived at the scene of the Somerton Man exhumation. <br>She gave approval for the delicate process last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7NewsAdelaide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@7NewsAdelaide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FW0mQDVVVb\">pic.twitter.com\/FW0mQDVVVb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hannah Foord (@HannahFoord7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HannahFoord7\/status\/1394769507831271424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>FIVEAA FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM &#8211; WEDNESDAY 19 MAY &#8211; WATCH HERE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F997763304093622%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are exhuming the remains of the Somerton Man in the hope DNA samples can solve the baffling cold case of his identity. SAPOL revealed on Wednesday: On December 1, 1948, the body of a man was found on Somerton Beach. 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