How This Famous Cold Case Murder Led to One Man’s True Love

It was a normal night for the citizens of Adelaide, Australia, but for one mystery man, things would never be the same. When a body washed up on the Australian shore, people were confused. Who was he? How did he die? Read on to discover one man’s search for answers, and how it led to a search for love…

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On the first of December in 1948, a man’s body was found on the shore of Somerton Beach in Adelaide, South Australia. He was laying strangely, his head propped up against a wall, legs crossed, and an unlit cigarette on his jacket collar. Police were baffled, but the confusion had only just begun…

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