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Long-dead lady baffles French (2-year murder investigation reveals that victim died 500 years ago)
Sunday Times (South Africa) ^
| Wednesday January 25, 2006 08:54 - (SA)
Posted on 01/25/2006 9:04:23 AM PST by dead
BREST - French police who spent two years trying to identify a woman who was murdered by a blow to the head were relieved to discover the reason their efforts were failing: the woman died half a millennium ago.
The skeleton of a woman in her 30s was found during an exceptionally low tide in December 2003 near the seaside Brittany town of Plouezoc'h.
A long gash in the skull convinced investigators she was killed with a hatchet or other sharp implement.
Police ploughed through missing persons' files to no avail.
A theory that the woman was the wife of a Normandy doctor who disappeared with his family in a famous 1999 case was dismissed after DNA tests.
Eventually radiocarbon dating established that the death had occurred between 1401 and 1453.
"We are satisfied because at least we know the date now. We reckon it was pirates," said Francois Gerthosser of the Plourin-les-Morlaix police.
Sapa-AFP
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france
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To: msnimje
Is the equation 500 years = half a millennium part of the New Math?You mean 500 years does NOT equal half a millennium?
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posted on
01/25/2006 10:51:04 AM PST
by
Maceman
(Fake but accurate -- and now double-sourced)
To: ClearCase_guy
Not everyone trusts radiocarbon dating methods.That's right, it came up with the incorrect answer on the Shroud of Turin.
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posted on
01/25/2006 10:51:25 AM PST
by
Flavius Josephus
(Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism.)
To: The Clemson Tiger
We're really sorry, we had no idea you guys were still around.
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posted on
01/25/2006 10:52:58 AM PST
by
Flavius Josephus
(Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism.)
To: SunkenCiv
Semi-Millenium Madness
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posted on
01/25/2006 10:53:08 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
( All I want is a kind word, a warm bed, and unlimited power)
To: lawgirl
Brits say "reckon", but it doesn't sound the same as when a US Southernor says it. Maybe the froggie learnt English English.
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posted on
01/25/2006 10:54:13 AM PST
by
Flavius Josephus
(Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism.)
To: dead
Nothing gets by the French.
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posted on
01/25/2006 10:55:15 AM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: CaptRon
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posted on
01/25/2006 10:56:34 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
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posted on
01/25/2006 10:58:32 AM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
same fate befell her great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.
Swedish bog man murdered - 700 years ago
The Local | 24th January 2006 | Sweden's News in English editor
Posted on 01/25/2006 10:57:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1564810/posts
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:00:02 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(In the long run, there is only the short run.)
To: dead
Inspector Clouseau presents: "Cold Case Files", part XCVVIX
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:01:45 AM PST
by
M. Dodge Thomas
(More of the same, only with more zeros at the end.)
To: dead
"We are satisfied because at least we know the date now. We reckon it was pirates," said Francois Gerthosser of the Plourin-les-Morlaix police. Since it is France....this is a rendering of the likely perp(s)
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:03:53 AM PST
by
Itzlzha
("The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote")
To: dead
"A long gash in the skull convinced investigators she was killed with a hatchet or other sharp implement...""We are satisfied because at least we know the date now. We reckon it was pirates,..."
Arrrr... the wench probably deserved it.
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:03:57 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: Zavien Doombringer
Is this what they mean when a thread is high-jacked to Treasure Island.
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:05:53 AM PST
by
dinasour
(Pajamahadeen)
To: Flavius Josephus
NO, it was the right date, just not the date everyone wanted.
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:06:13 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(13th AF, 3rd TFW, 3rd AGS, 3rd AMU - ESC The Blue Screw will get you too! 86-89)
To: dead
Aaaarggh. Always be blaming the pirates. No kidding. Like they don't get abused enough in the National League, and now the damn Frogs are picking on them.
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:06:44 AM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: Pharmboy; SunkenCiv
This lady just had one too many headaches. "Outta here winch!" Whap!
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:08:28 AM PST
by
blam
To: dinasour
aye matie, tis a thread as this that brings the pirate in ya out, way before talk like a pirate day.. Sept 19th...
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:09:32 AM PST
by
Zavien Doombringer
(13th AF, 3rd TFW, 3rd AGS, 3rd AMU - ESC The Blue Screw will get you too! 86-89)
To: Flavius Josephus
We're really sorry, we had no idea you guys were still around. 
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"Yeah...next time do a little research first!"
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:10:31 AM PST
by
Itzlzha
("The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote")
To: Zavien Doombringer
Shiver me timbers! Sept 19. I'll be markin' me calendar, says I.
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:13:56 AM PST
by
Rocky
(Air America: Robbing the poor to feed the Left)
To: blam
Winch:
Wench:
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posted on
01/25/2006 11:18:05 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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