“What we would do in a forensic context normally is take a deceased’s DNA and compare that directly with something we know belonged to them. A toothbrush, a hairbrush. DNA from that item. We haven’t got that here
As a secondary measure we can compare the deceased’s DNA to a very close family member, parents, children. Again we don’t have that
So my concern is that we may never be able to categorically say that we know this person’s identity”
No. 1: So, where does all this leave DA’s announcements? Looking at the photo of Leane holding the bust, to my mind, just about sums up how much interest the police had in this case. Uneven pavement, oh, dear, there goes the bust, what a shame!
Let’s not be kidding ourselves .. chain of evidence ??
The Somerton Man .. 
Dr Xanthe Mallett forensic scientist:
“What we would do in a forensic context normally is take a deceased’s DNA and compare that directly with something we know belonged to them. A toothbrush, a hairbrush. DNA from that item. We haven’t got that here
As a secondary measure we can compare the deceased’s DNA to a very close family member, parents, children. Again we don’t have that
So my concern is that we may never be able to categorically say that we know this person’s identity”
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Dr Xanthe Mallett:
“we can compare the deceased’s DNA to a very close family member, parents, children. Again we don’t have that”
By the words of the expert, Antero is too far removed to give a valid DNA correlation
2 million DNA markers were found which means there never was any substantial correlation from the start
Somerton man was never on a DNA database being 1948, so there is no reference for him
Gerald Keane, plugged in as Thomas Keane, is an erroneous link to Carl Webb, also no reference
Both things mean there is no DNA correlation. Strike out Carl Webb as Somerton man. Strike out all the Webbs, Dorothy, Robertsons, Lockyer
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No. 1: So, where does all this leave DA’s announcements? Looking at the photo of Leane holding the bust, to my mind, just about sums up how much interest the police had in this case. Uneven pavement, oh, dear, there goes the bust, what a shame!
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