Markus’ diary: more code to crack
Posted in Uncategorized on 03/13/2009 05:20 pm by rachelThe police in Peru have scanned in another page from Markus’ diary - looks like more of that code. It’s way over my head. So um… over to you! Thanks : )
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Help me find out what happened to my Uncle.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Hi Rachel,
The translation reads:
Met A L I S Met P R P T A I F G Stop E I G H T Y P C T L I K E L Y Stop A N D C E L L L I N E A L Met G S T C E R T A I N L Y S T G L E N Stop P R G S P E C T G R Met A Y F E Met D L H A Met Stop N E E D F I R Met L I N K T G D W A N D P Stop
I shall have a look at it some more and try and try to make some sense of it.
Tilly
March 13th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
OK so far I have:
M A L I S M P R P T A I F O Stop (not sure about that bit yet)
E I G H T Y
P C T (?%)
L I K E L Y
A N D
C E L L
L I N E
A L M O S T
C E R T A I N L Y
S T O L E N
P R O S P E C T O R
M A Y
B E
M A L H A M
N E E D
F I R M
L I N K
T O
D W A N D P Stop (again not sure about that last bit)
will keep trying to make something of the bits I haven’t got yet
Tilly
March 13th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Ahh the last bit reads (firm link to) Duncan Woodburn and Prometha (DW AND P)
Tilly
March 13th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Ah someone beat me to it!
Well, the first bit (using the subsitutions P->U, G->O and F->B
MAL IS MURUTAIBO
Murutaibo being the Peruvian tribe hit by measles. And MAL is the cell line that Prometha are researching - worth $3bn.
March 13th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Hooray! Go Kirsty. That first bit was driving me absolutely crackers!
Tilly
March 13th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
And now, via, Blackmoor’s website, we do indeed have a firm link between Malham and DW/Prometha.
March 14th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
*blown away* This is just brilliant. Thanks so much guys. Now if we can just get proof that Malham/DW/Prometha are the bad guys, i reckon we’re there.
Hmmm.
Any ideas??
March 15th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Yay!I got the almost bit too and worked out the last bit too late. Beat me to it as well.
This is so great!
Hope we get that evidence soon.
March 15th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Hi Rachel,
Using the DNA to match the cells seems to be the way forward according to Matt. If you know the samples are from the same person then you could just use the sgm+ alleles to give you a profile. If not then maybe look at some different STR loci, perhaps the ones they use for geographical ancestry studies? As far as I can see that’s the only way to prove it conclusively. As an alternative you could do the whole “paper trail” thing to prove it. Although as I said to him I think it could be very risky and\or illegal.
Slowly slowly catchy monkey.
Be very careful ok?
Tilly
March 15th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
[...] MAL IS MURUTAIBO. Murutaibo being the Peruvian tribe hit by measles. And MAL is the cell line that P… [...]
March 15th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Claire (uh, sorry, Tilly
- those ancestry studies are like the stuff Katherine had done in the Routes videos, right?
I think we can do it, but I need your help persuading DEPAA to help us: check my new post.
March 16th, 2009 at 12:23 am
It’s roughly the same idea, yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_DNA_test#Geographic_origin_tests
If you’re interested
Tilly
March 19th, 2009 at 9:18 am
there is also a possibilty that this is not a code but a record of a DNA structure as DNA is made up of 4 bases; Thymine(T),Cytosine(C),Guanine(G)and Adenine(A). these four bases are grouped into three, each group coding for an amino acid e.g. ccg aat ccc tta gga ttt, similar to the witing in Markus’ diary.
hope this helps
Humza