Wednesday 16 March 2016

What is the Tamam Shud case?

The case was named Tamam Shud case because investigators found a small scrap of paper ripped out of a book printed "Tamam Shud" in the tiny pocket of the dead man trouser which means "The End" in Persian. On 1 December 1948, the body of an unidentified man was found on Somerton beach in Australia. The man was unidentified because there was no indentity of him such as his dental records and fingerprints which could match anyone who lived there or anywhere else in the world as if this unidentified man known as "Somerton man" had never existed. The unidentified man was in good physical condition and well dressed when he was found dead. But the labels on his clothing had been removed. Investigators believed that the unidentified man had been poisoned but autopsy had been done does not showed any unfamiliar particles in his body. This case was known as a perfect mystery because the victim was unidentified and if the man was killed so who is the murderer and what weapon been used or was it a suicide. This questions had no answers to it thus making it a dead end for the police and investigators which caused it to be unsolved. 
A picture of an unidentified man known as "Somerton man" who was found on Somerton beach


Newspaper article on the mystery dead man

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