Analyses
Aids in the identification process by providing a biological profile for unidentified human remains:
mummified, decomposed, traumatized, burned, skeletonized or cremated:
- Human vs. non-human; Non-forensic
- Age-at-death
- Sex
- Ancestry
- Estimated living stature (height)
- Individualizing features e.g. healed fractures for ID
- DNA sample from bone
Provides analysis of bony traumata and potential weapon(s):
- Blunt force
- Sharp force
- Gunshot wounds, interpretation and possible trajectory
- Reconstruction of fragmentary remains
- Accident reconstruction
- Interpretation of radiographs (x-rays) in children and adults
- Case review
Scene Response
- Search and recovery
- Scattered human remains
- Buried remains
- Burned remains
- Fragmentary remains
- Landfill excavation
- Multiple (commingled) fatalities e.g. aircraft accidents, motor vehicle accidents
Expert Testimony
- Certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology
- Qualified as an expert in Superior (District) and Federal courts
- Skeletal analysis (also includes mummified, decomposed and traumatized)
- Cremains analysis
- Scene response
