Department of Justice Sciences, University of Findlay, 1000 N. Main Street, Findlay, OH, 45840, USA.
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Eastern Michigan University, 712 Pray Harrold, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2022 Oct;91:102399. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102399. Epub 2022 Jul 19.
Increased commitment to humanitarian identification and advances in DNA technology contribute to growing interest in large scale identification operations for unidentified, interred remains. However, scant literature discusses the practical challenges in conducting cemetery exhumations en masse for the purposes of DNA sampling and reinterment. This paper draws on a case study of cemetery exhumations conducted in the US as part of a multi-agency, multi-year endeavor, Operation UNITED. Challenges and strategies for managing logistics and manpower, locating human remains in active cemeteries, and overcoming containment and preservation issues of adult and juvenile remains are presented. This paper evidences the potential for investigation into cemetery exhumation strategies to assist in effective humanitarian identification.
对人道主义身份鉴定的投入增加和 DNA 技术的进步促使人们对大规模的身份不明、已埋葬遗体的鉴定工作产生了越来越大的兴趣。然而，很少有文献讨论出于 DNA 采样和重新埋葬目的大规模进行墓地挖掘所面临的实际挑战。本文以美国的一个墓地挖掘案例研究为基础，该案例是多机构、多年努力的一部分，即“联合行动”。本文介绍了在管理物流和人力、在活跃的墓地中定位遗体，以及克服成人和未成年人遗体的封存和保存问题方面的挑战和策略。本文证明了对墓地挖掘策略进行调查以协助进行有效的人道主义身份鉴定的潜力。
