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