Anthony Arthur T, Gayton Betty C, McVicker Brian C
Forensic Document and Imaging Section, Georgia Bureau of Investigation-Division of Forensic Sciences, Decatur, GA 30034, USA.
J Forensic Sci. 2003 Jul;48(4):817-20.
A technique routinely used in the examination of questioned documents has been found to be of assistance when employed in the examination of faded and/or partially legible hospital identification wristbands found with unidentified remains (UIDs). A non-destructive test used predominately by forensic document examiners in the analysis of writing inks, handwritten alterations, and obliterations has proven useful throughout the years when confronted with this unusual type of documentary evidence. This discussion paper was prompted by the Tri-State Crematory disaster, Walker County, Georgia, from a request by investigators as to whether or not any information could be obtained from the examination of faded hospital identification wristbands where no information was readily discernable. Subsequent analysis by non-destructive infrared inspection, a standard technique used in the examination of questioned documents, proved useful in assisting with the identification of unidentified skeletal remains.
人们发现，一种常用于检查可疑文件的技术，在检查与身份不明遗体（UID）一同发现的褪色和/或部分可读的医院识别腕带时很有帮助。多年来，法医文件检验员在分析书写墨水、手写改动和涂抹时主要使用的一种无损检测方法，在面对这种特殊类型的文件证据时已证明是有用的。这篇讨论文件是由佐治亚州沃克县的三州火葬场灾难引发的，调查人员询问是否可以通过检查褪色的医院识别腕带获得任何信息，因为当时没有任何信息可以轻易辨认。随后通过无损红外检查进行的分析，这是一种用于检查可疑文件的标准技术，被证明有助于识别身份不明的骨骼遗骸。
