ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 6

Identification of Decomposed Human Remains by Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Profiling
Reay, DT
Chief medical examiner, King County Medical Examiner's Office, WA

Tepper, SL
Assistant medical examiner, King County Medical Examiner's Office, WA

Haglund, WD
Chief investigator, King County Medical Examiner's Office, WA

(Received 10 April 1989; accepted 21 June 1989)

Abstract

After routine methods failed to establish positive identification of a decomposed homicide victim, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) typing techniques using blood from the victim and putative parents of the victim were used. This is the first report in the literature of a case using DNA fingerprinting in a “parentage” context to establish identity of unidentified, decomposed human remains.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, human identification, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), paternity, DNA profiling, DNA typing, DNA fingerprinting, DNA analysis, maternity

Paper ID: JFS12879J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12879J
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