Earlier this week authorities found the skeletal remains in a 1960 Studebaker that was under a bridge, in a South Dakota creek. These remains are likely tied to a 40 year-old cold case. Cheryl Miller and Pamella Jackson, both 17,… Read More ›
Forensic Science
Skeletons recovered from a Studebaker in South Dakota, may belong to missing teens
This is the week that the bodies missing people are recovered from submerged cars. Earlier this week a fisherman noticed the wheel of a car sticking out of a creekside embankment in Brule Creek near Elk Point, SD. When police… Read More ›
Skeletal Remains in Two Cars Recovered From Lake in Custer County, Oklahoma
The skeletal remains of six people submerged in two cars were discovered in Foss Lake Tuesday afternoon. Oklahoma Highway Patrol was testing a new sonar device on the lake when they discovered the two cars. The police believe that the… Read More ›
[Open Post] Why do disarticulated feet in sneakers frequently wash ashore?
This post is updated as more disarticulated feet are discovered. When a dead body ends up in water (whether by murder, accident, or suicide) the hands and feet easily detach from the arms and legs as the body decomposes, because, compared to… Read More ›
Search for the remains of Bosnian War victims continues
Today the Missing Persons Institute (MPI) of Bosnia and Herzegovina continues its search for the bodies of victims that were recently found in mass graves at the Tomasica site near Prijedor (Bosnia). Head of the Regional Office of the MPI… Read More ›
University of North Texas’s Center for Human Identification to help ID Dozier Remains
The Daily Beast has a great article, written by Christine Pelisek, about next steps in the identification process of the Dozier remains. Pelisek also has some touching interviews with a survivor of Dozier and a relative of the one of… Read More ›
First Phase of Exhumations Finished at Dozier on Tuesday
Dr. Erin Kimmerle and the anthropology team from the University of South Florida wrapped up the first phase of exhumations at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, FL. By the end of the day on Tuesday, the team of… Read More ›
Human remains found outside cemetery at Dozier School for Boys
[Update Tuesday September 3, 2013] Video from WUSF News on the Dozier School for Boys exhumation work. Human Remains Found Outside Cemetery at Dozier School for Boys Saturday August 31, 2013 Researchers have uncovered human remains in one of three… Read More ›
Excavations to begin at Dozier on Saturday
The University of South Florida will begin digging up human remains from the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys this Saturday. This will be the first in a series of excavations, and is expected to last until next Tuesday. Earlier this… Read More ›
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