ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 10 March 2004
Page Count: 5

Anthropological Data in Individualization of Skeletal Remains from a Forensic Context in Kosovo—A Case History
Djurić, MP
Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade,

(Received 12 May 2003; accepted 10 January 2004)

Abstract

There are many reports relating to victims and mass graves in the former Yugoslavia. They emphasize the importance of creating local skeletal identification standards. In this paper we deal with the first mass grave examined since the Kosovo crisis started and discuss problems regarding the identification process, especially the coincidence of antemortem with postmortem data. Twelve persons out of 39 bodies were identified using interviews with relatives and correspondence of biological data with personal effects and/or documents. Previous pathology was of crucial importance in the identification of three persons.

Keywords:
forensic science, mass graves, sex, age at death, stature estimation, forensic anthropology, identification

Paper ID: JFS2003168
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2003168
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