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Bridget Judd

Derek Abbott, who helped crack the Somerton Man case, reveals how DNA helped solve the mystery — as it happened

A man dubbed the Somerton Man was found dead on an Adelaide beach in 1948.  (Supplied/ Australian Story graphic )

The case of the Somerton Man has baffled detectives and amateur sleuths for decades.

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