The Somerton Man
Criminal
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How to Get DNA Out of a Man's Hair
Derek Abbott and Rachel Egan got married six months after they met in 2010. Derek wanted to find out if there was some way to obtain DNA from the summetan man's body, he could compare that DNA to Rachel's. He looked at a plaster bust of the man that had been molded directly off his body,. Because it was stuck on his body and molded straight off his body, there was actually hairs stuck in the plaster. The plaster bust was kept in the South Australia Police Museum in Adelaide.
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