# He was Carl "Charles" Webb, born in Footscray in 1905, an electrical instrument maker who left Melbourne in…

> Most likely: He was Carl "Charles" Webb, born in Footscray in 1905, an electrical instrument maker who left Melbourne in 1947.

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# He was Carl "Charles" Webb, born in Footscray in 1905, an electrical instrument maker who left Melbourne in…

He was Carl "Charles" Webb, born in Footscray in 1905, an electrical instrument maker who left Melbourne in 1947.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Police DNA from the exhumed remains matches Webb relatives.
- No record of Webb alive after December 1948 exists.
- Webb's handwriting, if any survives, resembles the pencilled code.

## What would rule it out

- Official DNA from the remains excludes the Webb family, or Webb is documented alive after 1948.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[Autosomal DNA from hair in the death mask matched distant cousins on both the paternal and maternal sides of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC21PP74HJ/autosomal-dna-from-hair-in-the-death-mask-matched-distant)

Supported

FOR

[Webb's sister Freda married Thomas Keane, matching the 'T. Keane' and 'Keane' names on clothes in the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC21YG0CAD/webbs-sister-freda-married-thomas-keane-matching-the-t-keane)

Suggestive

FOR

[South Australia Police have not confirmed the identification; as of July 2026 their report to the coroner was…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC226A4613/south-australia-police-have-not-confirmed-the-identification)

Established

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Who was the Somerton Man?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/questions/QST0CVC20FM0WNT/who-was-the-somerton-man)

Most likelyHe was Carl "Charles" Webb, born in Footscray in 1905, an electrical instrument maker who left Melbourne in…

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