Antemortem and Postmortem Nonapposite Data—A Multidisciplinary Identification Strategy
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Nurit Bublil [1] ; Tzipi Kahana [2]
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[1] The Israeli National Center of Forensic Medicine Forensic Biology Laboratory Tel‐Aviv Israel
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[2] The National Center of Forensic Medicine Disaster Victim Identification Unit Division of Identification and Forensic Sciences Israel Police Tel‐Aviv Israel
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- Localización: Journal of forensic sciences, ISSN-e 1556-4029, ISSN 0022-1198, Vol. 60, Nº. 2, 2015, págs. 501-504
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Identification of human remains is often achieved by comparing documented reference data with the same type of evidence obtained from the remains. We present a case of a decomposed unidentified body, whose identity was presumed but because of the low validity range of the available data, the identification process could not be completed. Antemortem radiographs of the teeth found in the house of the reputed victim could not be compared to the edentulous cadaver and the kinship between the victim and the only living relative that could provide DNA for comparison was too tenuous. Isolated teeth found at the scene, were neither a source of DNA reference information nor questioned data to be compared to the antemortem radiographs. The strategy implemented by the investigators to reallocate the status of the isolated teeth from the questioned source to the reference source of DNA to be compared with the cadaver is presented.
