ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 3

Briefly Unidentified: A Study of a Peculiar Source of Identification
O'Connor, WG
Pathology assistant, Medical University of South Carolina, SC

(Received 8 April 1998; accepted 23 June 1998)

Abstract

In May of 1992, unidentified human remains were received at the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville. Florida for identification. The decedent was identified as a white female in her early sixties between 62 and 63 in. in stature. Significant trauma was observed at various skeletal sites. The identity of the decedent was meant to be obscured due to the decapitation of the head and removal of the lower arms including the hands. Examination of the clothing revealed that the first initial and last name of the decedent had been written in ink inside the label of the underpants. Subsequently, this information was matched with missing persons reports. Identification of the decedent was confirmed by comparison of antemortem and postmortem radiographs.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic anthropology, physical anthropology, human identification, trauma, William R. Maples

Paper ID: JFS14541J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14541J
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