ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
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The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Analysis of Branch Davidian Compound Victims: Recovery Procedures and Characteristics of the Victims
Ubelaker, DH
Curators and Research Assistant, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, DC

Owsley, DW
Curators and Research Assistant, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, DC

Craig, E
Forensic Anthropologist, Medical Examiner Program, KY

Sandness, K
Curators and Research Assistant, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, DC

Houck, MM
Forensic Examiner and Supervisory Special Agent, Hairs and Fibers Unit, FBI Laboratory, DC

Peerwani, N
Chief Medical Examiner, Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office, TX

Fram, R
Forensic Examiner and Supervisory Special Agent, Hairs and Fibers Unit, FBI Laboratory, DC

Woltanski, T
US Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hickam Air Force Base, HI

Grant, W
US Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hickam Air Force Base, HI

(Received 1 August 1994; accepted 19 October 1994)

Abstract

Anthropological contributions to the investigation of the events at the Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas in early 1993, were of two major types: the recovery of human remains from the site and the analysis of most of those individuals at the Medical Examiner's Office in Fort Worth, Texas. This paper describes the role of forensic anthropology in the recovery and analysis of Branch Davidian Compound victims and the recovery procedures and characteristics of the victims.

Keywords:
physical anthropology, Branch Davidian, human identification

Paper ID: JFS13784J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13784J
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