Recovery, Analysis, and Identification of Commingled Human Remains

This book brings together tools from diverse sources within forensic science to offer a set of comprehensive approaches to handling commingled remains. It also includes case examples that illustrate techniques found to be successful and those that proved problematic.

Methodology in Commingling Analysis: An Historical Overview. - Spatial Analysis of Mass Grave Mapping Data to Assist in the Reassociation of Disarticulated and Commingled Human Remains. - Pieces of the Puzzle: FBI Evidence Response Team pproaches to Scenes with Commingled Evidence. - Commingled Remains and Human Rights Investigations. - Anthropological Investigations of the Tri-State rematorium Incident. - Approaches to Commingling Issues in Archeological Samples: A Case Study from Roman Era Tombs in Greece. - Anthropologist-Directed Triage: Three Distinct Mass Fatality Events Involving Fragmentation of Human Remains. - The Use of Radiology in Mass Fatality Events. - Detection of Commingling in Cremated Human Remains. - Models and Methods for Osteometric Sorting. - Patterns of Epiphyseal Union and Their Use in the Detection and Sorting of Commingled Remains. - How Many People? Determining the Number of Individuals Represented by Commingled Human Remains. - Assessment of Commingled Human Remains Using a GIS-Based Approach. - The Application of Traditional Anthropological Methods in a DNA-Led Identification Process. - Marrying Anthropology and DNA: Essential for Solving Complex Commingling Problems in Cases of Extreme Fragmentation. - Sorting and Identifying Commingled Remains of U. S. War Dead: The Collaborative Roles of JPAC and AFDIL. - Resolving Commingling Issues During the Medicolegal Investigation of Mass Fatality Incidents. - Data Management and Commingled Remains at Mass Fatality Incidents (MFIs).