Crime in South Australia - Crime in Adelaide, Murder in South Australia, People Executed by South Australia, Taman Shud Case (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Crime in Adelaide, Murder in South Australia, People Executed by South Australia, Taman Shud Case, Beaumont Children Disappearance, Snowtown Murders, Elizabeth Woolcock, Truro Murders, Malachi Martin, the Family Murders, Glen Sabre Valance, Sundown Murders, Raymond John Bailey. Excerpt: The Taman Shud Case, also known as the "Mystery of the Somerton Man", is an unsolved case revolving around an unidentified man found dead at 6.30am, December 1, 1948 on Somerton beach in Adelaide, Australia. Considered "one of Australia's most profound mysteries", the case has been the subject of intense speculation over the years regarding the identity of the victim, the events leading up to his death and the cause of death. While scrutiny of the case has been mainly centred in Australia, there has also been coverage of the case internationally. According to the pathologist Sir John Burton Cleland, the man, of "Britisher" appearance, was thought to be aged about forty to forty-five and in top physical condition. He was 180 centimetres (5ft 11in) tall, with hazel eyes, fair to gingery coloured hair, slightly grey around the temples, broad shoulders, a narrow waist, hands and nails that showed no signs of manual labor, big and little toes that met in a wedge shape, like those of a dancer or stockman (who wore riding boots), and calf muscles formed high in his leg, a dominant genetic trait although also a trait often developed by middle and long-distance runners. He was dressed in a white shirt, red and blue tie, brown trousers, socks and shoes and, although it had been a hot day and very warm night, a brown knitted pullover and fashionable European grey and brown double-breasted coat. All labels on his clothes were missing, and he had no hat (unusual for 194... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10177677