00:02The Somerton Man has been an enduring mystery for almost 80 years.
00:07I think there will always be a public interest in the case,
00:11because there are still many unknown questions.
00:14The man's body was found on Adelaide's Somerton Beach in 1948,
00:19but no one was able to work out who he was.
00:21His body was exhumed from the West Terrace Cemetery five years ago,
00:25so police could identify him using DNA from his bones.
00:29You can't underestimate the impact on a family when a loved one goes missing.
00:34But four years ago, Professor Derek Abbott submitted the DNA in hairs he found
00:39on a plaster bust made of the Somerton Man to a genealogy website
00:43and found his relatives still living in Melbourne.
00:46I'm absolutely certain of my findings that his identity is Charles Webb,
00:51who is the son of a baker from Victoria, and it's beyond all reasonable doubt.
00:57SA Police says the investigation is complex and ongoing,
01:01and that it will provide a report to the coroner once it's completed.
01:05Professor Abbott says police have told him it should be done within the next two weeks.
01:10We're hopeful it will be done very soon.
01:13Once the coroner hands down the findings,
01:16Charles Webb's family will be able to decide whether to rebury him here
01:19at the West Terrace Cemetery or move him back home to Melbourne.
01:23But the family's told the ABC is likely he'll be reburied here in Adelaide.
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01:28Where does his room go?
01:28The other sofa says,
01:29he's a part of the family.
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