Bone fragments a body can make

Journal Article · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Journal of Forensic Sciences; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1520/JFS13110J· OSTI ID:5320474

Stout, S D; Ross, Jr, L M ^[1]

---

1. Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia (USA)

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.

• OSTI ID: 5320474
• Journal Information: Journal of Forensic Sciences; (United States), Vol. 36:3; ISSN 0022-1198
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
SKULL
ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS
DNA
MAN
MEDICAL RECORDS
X RADIATION
ANIMALS
BODY
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MAMMALS
MICROANALYSIS
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
NUCLEIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PRIMATES
RADIATIONS
SKELETON
VERTEBRATES
550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)