Not going to lie as an Asian, this makes me feel sad. Considering it’s from the 60, it’s likely he immigrated to London to work and his death may have been racially motivated. He probably had a family back in his home country who have no idea what happened to him.
Edit – I overestimated the comprehension of this subreddit 🥲 jheez
That poor man. I hope he’s in a better place now.
I do wonder how he could have been buried though without the people living there at the time knowing. From the article it sounds like they’ve ruled out any previous occupants as being responsible.
Better than finding a body from 14 months ago after moving in during the 60s, I guess.
They should be able to tell quite a lot about him through forensics. Tooth enamel carbon dating can get your birth date within 1.5 years, mineral analysis of the bones can tell roughly where you lived. DNA can give you a lot more.
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Not going to lie as an Asian, this makes me feel sad. Considering it’s from the 60, it’s likely he immigrated to London to work and his death may have been racially motivated. He probably had a family back in his home country who have no idea what happened to him.
Edit – I overestimated the comprehension of this subreddit 🥲 jheez
That poor man. I hope he’s in a better place now.
I do wonder how he could have been buried though without the people living there at the time knowing. From the article it sounds like they’ve ruled out any previous occupants as being responsible.
Better than finding a body from 14 months ago after moving in during the 60s, I guess.
They should be able to tell quite a lot about him through forensics. Tooth enamel carbon dating can get your birth date within 1.5 years, mineral analysis of the bones can tell roughly where you lived. DNA can give you a lot more.