Bone Fragments a Body Can Make
Stout, SD
Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

Ross Jr, LM
Senior electron microscope specialist, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.


Abstract
Data obtained from various analytical techniques applied to a number of small bone fragments recovered from a crime scene were used to provide evidence for the occurrence of a fatality. Microscopic and histomorphometric analyses confirmed that the fragments were from a human skull. X-ray microanalysis of darkened areas on the bone fragments revealed a chemical signature that matched the chemical signature of a shotgun pellet recovered at the scene of the crime. The above findings supported the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprint evidence which, along with other evidence, was used to convict a man for the murder of his wife, even though her body was never recovered.

Keywords:
bone fragments, criminalistics, forensic science, homicide, physical anthropology

Paper ID: JFS363910953

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