Gravestone solves 1948 air crash mystery

Jennifer Hough unravels a mystery that connects a mummified hand, gold bullion and a retired Limerick man.

Gravestone solves 1948 air crash mystery
Tue, 16 Sep, 2008 - 01:00

HEADSTONES from a graveyard in rural Co Limerick; church records; a census from the 1900s; and DNA samples deciphered by FBI forensic experts.

Fusing evidence old and new, a 60-year-old mystery involving a puzzling plane crash, a frozen hand and rumours of a gold bullion was finally laid to rest with the help of retired Limerickman Maurice Conway.

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CourtsPlace: HEADSTONESPlace: Co LimerickPlace: AmericaPlace: AskeatonPlace: AlaskaPlace: Mount SanfordPlace: ShanghaiPlace: Roanoke, VirginiaPlace: Askeaton, Co LimerickPlace: Mount PleasantPlace: USPerson: Jennifer HoughPerson: Maurice ConwayPerson: BorrigonePerson: Francis Joseph Van ZandtPerson: Colleen FitzpatrickPerson: ConwayPerson: Marc MillicanPerson: Kevin McGregorPerson: Van ZandtPerson: Margaret ConwayPerson: ColleenPerson: Chriss LyonPerson: Odile LoreillePerson: FitzpatrickPerson: John ConwayEvent: 1948 airOrganisation: FBI
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