3 The Somerton slide show. 1.

all the steps along the way, updated irregularly

• 46 The Big Picture in seven sentences
• 45 This is what we have learned ..
• 44 A half-smoked cigarette
• 43 The exoneration of PC Moss
• 42 DS Leane’s unreliable testimony
• 41 Evidence storage in 1948 and its limitations
• 40 A record of events, updated
• 39 For the code-gazers
• 38 Lady Danetta
• 37 A summary
• 36 Another loose end
• 35 A loose end
• 34 Another scenario
• 33 DS Leane: did he obstruct the investigation?
• 32 The evidence handlers: questions we would have liked to ask
• 31. The evidence gatherers: questions we would have liked to ask
• 30 The investigation team: questions we would have liked to ask
• 29 Ballet slippers, black powder and men who dance
• 28 Moss’s seven discrepancies
• 27 A box of matches, a cigarette and the Tamam Shud slip
• 26 Three distinct procedural failings
• 25 What was he poisoned with?
• 24 Eight witnesses who provided statements
• 23 Where did he die?
• 22 The question of lividity
• 21 Remarks by Coroner Cleland
• 20 Were the tools for marking cargo?
• 19 Did the prints taken from the unclaimed luggage match the prints taken from the body?
• 18 Why were Cleland and Cowan asked to identify the deceased through his clothing sizes and not his fingerprints?
• 17 The handling of crucial evidence, updated 28 April.
• 16 Why were metal traces found in SM’s hair?
• 15 What happened to ballet dancer Otis Pearce?
• 14 Eleven inexplicable investigative omissions
• 13 The Francis family’s generations of silence
• 12 Facts and conclusions drawn from contemporary evidence
• 11 Contemporary evidence
• 10 Ballet dancers, suntanned to the groin
• 9 Ballet dancers and their peculiarly wedge-shaped feet
• 8 Dark rosin powder used by ballet dancers to prevent slippage
• 7 Senior government analyst Cowan’s failure to identify a dark powder
• 6 Why didn’t Detective Sergeant Leane delegate? Updated 30 April.
• 5 Correspondence with Derek Abbott
• 4 The Somerton slideshow. 2
• 3 The Somerton slide show. 1.
• 2 The Tamam Shud test
• 1 Gallery.