Scientists believe they may have made a major breakthrough in efforts to solve a decades-long mystery of a burned body found in Norway 1970.
New forensic analysis on the teeth of the unidentified “Isdal woman” found chemical traces which may tell investigators where she grew up.
The results narrow the search to an area along the French-German border.
It is the first time Norwegian police have used the technique – but the findings have been so specific they may now make it much easier to find people who knew the woman.
“It’s actually quite a narrowed-down area that she most probably originated from,” associate professor Jurian Hoogewerff at the University of Canberra in Australia – an expert in the technique…asserted.
Past analysis of her DNA and handwriting has already suggested the Isdal woman may have come from Europe – possibly France.
“When I superimpose the maps, we can exclude several areas. The red sections show the highest probability of her whereabouts during the time when her teeth where formed.