# BBC News 2017: 'Major breakthrough' in Norway's 46-year-old Isdal woman mystery

> BBC News, 2017. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The isotope result as announced.

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# 'Major breakthrough' in Norway's 46-year-old Isdal woman mystery

BBC News, 2017. _BBC News_.

Reports the isotope results of 19 May 2017: oxygen and strontium in the teeth narrow her childhood to an area along the French-German border, with a move from eastern or central Europe westward between childhood and adolescence; quotes Kripos and the isoscape analyst at the University of Canberra.

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## What it's used for here

The isotope result as announced.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Isotope assignments exclude more than they locate; several European regions share similar values.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/evidence/EVD0D7Z7JAY00GK/isotope-assignments-exclude-more-than-they-locate-several)

Evidence

EVD

[Later-forming teeth indicate a move west, toward the French-German border.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/evidence/EVD0D7Z7HVA1231/later-forming-teeth-indicate-a-move-west-toward-the-french)

Evidence

EVD

[Kripos announces the isotope results](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/events/EVT0D7Z7FD67YAG/kripos-announces-the-isotope-results)

EVT

[The Isdal Woman](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
BBC News (2017). 'Major breakthrough' in Norway's 46-year-old Isdal woman mystery. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39978131
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[Read it free at bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39978131)

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