Taman Shud

[sdreid]

Not that I've ever stumbled across but I haven't really searched.

I don't see one on the internet but that doesn't mean that police don't have one they haven't released.

[GUT]

Does a crime scene photo of Somerton Man exist?

Not that I've ever stumbled across but I haven't really searched.

[sdreid]

Does a crime scene photo of Somerton Man exist?

[Ginger]

"California Sunday" has an interesting article about current developments in the Taman Shud mystery. https://stories.californiasunday.com.../somerton-man/

[RivkahChaya]

BTW, does anyone else think one of the images is reversed? the right eye and ear on the ID look like the left eye and ear on the death picture.

[RivkahChaya]

Also, the deceased man looks older than 48 to me but maybe I'm confusing what 48 looks like now compared to 64 year ago.

I think you may be interpreting postmortem skin slippage as wrinkles. You can pretty much assume his skin was tighter and less wrinkled-looking in life. If you have ever had the misfortune of seeing the unembalmed corpse of a child that is a few days dead, it's shocking how wrinkled the face looks.

How is it that suicide is ruled out? because the means of death is so well-obscured? the "Taman Shud" strikes me as a suicide note.

The code, or whatever, may have been an attempt to work out some personal code for the note, which proved not worth the trouble, and "Taman Shud" was Plan B.

[Chris]

Strangely enough it seems to be becoming a political issue now (at state level), with the opposition Liberals suggesting they would support an exhumation:
http://www.news.com.au/national/sout...-1226772120068

[RivkahChaya]

It's terribly morbid of me, but one of the most interesting things about living in the 21st century is seeing all these historical mysteries solved-- Anastasia, maybe this one now, Richard III, and lots of lesser known, but decades old cold cases.

[Chris]

Does she give the man a name Chris?

No. The suggestion is that the woman (now dead) was spying for the Soviet Union, but the best prospect for identifying the man seemed to be that DNA analysis could give an indication of where in the world he came from.

[sdreid]

Does she give the man a name Chris?

[Chris]

Some interesting new developments, with the woman in the case being publicly identified and comments from her daughter, daughter-in-law and granddaughter (the last of whom believes she may also be the granddaughter of the Somerton Man and is requesting that his remains be exhumed for DNA testing):

http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8759245

[sdreid]

Thanks Magpie - that's intriguing and I noticed the ears before I even read the article. That said, I don't see any mole in either picture so what's that about? Also, the deceased man looks older than 48 to me but maybe I'm confusing what 48 looks like now compared to 64 year ago. I suppose the next thing to check is if H.C. Reynolds is missing. If it is Mr. Reynolds, it still doesn't solve what or who killed him among other things.

[Magpie]

Don't know if this has appeared before, but it looks interesting:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/is-bri...-1226200076344

[Chris]

The copy of the Rubiyat was in Persian? Is that correct?

No, it was Edward Fitzgerald's version, which includes the phrase "Tamam Shud" at the end.

[The Good Michael]

The copy of the Rubiyat was in Persian? Is that correct? Tamam Shud means: It is Ended, in Farsi, so that isn't really a mystery I think. Who ended the man's life and why? I imagine the killer spoke Farsi if he knew which page and which words to cut out. It is interesting that this death would have occurred about the time the Shah of Iran's leadership was becoming sorely tested and the same time he divorced his Egyptian wife, or she him.

Mike