The remains of the head out of Australia's most famous law has been officially identified.
DNA tests confirmed that a set of bones found buried in a prison in Melbourne are the remains of Ned Kelly, a notorious criminal gang which robbed banks and killed several police officers in late 1800, officials said Thursday.
The scientists used DNA from one of the surviving family members of Kelly to confirm the identity of the remains.
"To think that a group of scientists could identify the body of a man who was executed more than 130 years, moved and buried in a haphazard manner among the 33 prisoners, most of which are not identified, is unbelievable," Attorney Victoria General Robert Clark said in a statement.
The remains were identified with the help of a descendant Leigh Olver, a teacher in Melbourne and the grandson of the sister of Kelly.
"It's a great relief to finally this version of history solved," he said, according to Australian Associated Press. "Personally, a worthy place, a very appropriate. Where is to be determined later."
Kelly wearing his famous cube in a shootout. (Hulton Archive / Getty)
The bones of the outlaw were exhumed first of his burial in 1929. These remains were looted in time, however, and disappeared into the cranium.
The fate of the skull remains a mystery. The same DNA to confirm the identity of the remains showed that a long skull and believes that Kelly is not really yours.
Kelly, whose real name was Edward, was hanged in Old Melbourne Jail in November 1880 after being arrested following a deadly shootout with police. The outlaw has become a hero to many in Australia, an Irishman who fought against British rule in the Land Down Under.
