ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 March 1988
Page Count: 9

Alterations in Human Bones and Teeth as a Result of Restricted Sun Exposure and Contact with Corrosive Agents
Ubelaker, DH
Curator of anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, DC

Sperber, ND
Chief forensic dentist for San Diego and Imperial Counties, CA

(Received 3 June 1987; accepted 29 June 1987)

Abstract

Skeletal remains were discovered in an unused cistern near the Omaha, Nebraska airport and were positively identified through comparison of antemortem and postmortem dental radiographs. Although nearly nine years had elapsed between death and discovery, the bones and teeth revealed evidence of the application of a corrosive substance at or about the time of death, as well as an unusual restricted response to sun exposure, that contributed to the prosecution and murder conviction of a member of Hell's Angels in the Omaha area.

Keywords:
physical anthropology, odontology, masculoskeletal system, human identification, corrosion

Paper ID: JFS11970J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11970J
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