Cold Cases in Adelaide, Australia

ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Adelaide, Australia, dated 1948 to 1966. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Somerton Man (1948) and the most recent is Beaumont Children (1966).

All Australia cases
Status of the 2 cases
  • Unsolved 1 (50%)
  • Partly resolved 1 (50%)

By type

1 Missing Persons1 Suspicious Deaths

All 2 cases

Unsolved 1966

Beaumont Children

Three siblings—Jane (9), Arnna (7), and Grant Beaumont (4)—vanished from Glenelg Beach in Adelaide, Australia on Australia Day 1966.

Adelaide Missing Person
Identified 1948

Somerton Man

An unidentified man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia with a scrap of paper reading 'Tamám Shud' (meaning 'ended' in Persian) hidden in his pocket.

Adelaide Suspicious Death Age 43

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