THE CRIME SCENE
This is a Police photograph of the scene, it was taken within 7 days of the finding of the body of the man which occurred un the morning of December 1st 1948.
What follows shows that the fact that the case was a crime would have been known by Police on Day 1.
The Timeline
December 1t 1948
1. 4.30 am. High tide, the highest tide of the year, occurred at Somerton Beach
2. 6.30 am the body was found on the beach, X marks the spot. (Professor Abbott in the most recent ABC TV offering, stated that the body was found some 15 to 20 paces from the foot of the steps, we do not know the source of the Professor's information but as you can see, the photo indicates that distance was significantly less). The officer who was first on the scene, Constable Moss, in his statement made it clear that the body was cold and damp and that it had not been in the water. He also stated that the sand around the body was undisturbed.
3. 9.30 am the time of death was put by Dr John Bennett as being no earlier than 2 am.
It is within this timeframe and the associated events that the evidence suggests that there had been a crime.
The evidence strongly suggests that the High Tide would have reached the wall where the man's body was found. That being the case, then the body would have been in the water and thus would have been very wet had he been there when the tide was at its peak.
And there it is, the man's time of death was 2 am, his body was found at 6.30 am., high tide was at 4.30 am and yet his body wasn't wet. That can only mean that his body was put there after the high tide had occurred.
There are only three options, Accidental Death, Suicide, or Murder, and, most importantly, others were most definitely involved because his body was moved to the beach hours after his death. It was a crime.
The investigations and research carried out by this blog in conjunction with a world-renowned tidal expert, Dr John Luick.
In April of this year we published the full story here:
In April of this year we published the full story here: