Friday, 2 September 2011

Bushranger Ned Kelly’s bones identified 130 years on

FORENSIC experts have confirmed human remains found buried in an old box are those of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, who was hanged 130 years ago.
• Ned Kelly poses in homemade armour
After an exhaustive 20-month investigation through historic and genetic records, scientists and doctors yesterday revealed that an almost complete skeleton found buried in a wooden axe box at the old Pentridge Prison in Melbourne were those of the famous outlaw, who was executed in 1880, aged 25.
A DNA sample taken

Live India

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