通过颅骨外观的拼图人像组合进行身份识别。人类学家、法医病理学家和刑事调查人员的共同努力。

Identification by Identi-Kit composite from skull appearance. Combined efforts of the anthropologist, forensic pathologist, and criminal investigators.

作者信息

Eckert W G, Willey L R, Blakeslee D J

出版信息

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1986 Sep;7(3):213-5.

Abstract

It is always difficult to succeed in identifying skeletal remains unless one has good anthropological, dental, and investigative support. This case adds a new dimension, involving a law enforcement expert who was skilled with the use of the Identi-Kit. The picture of the victim, as developed by the Identi-Kit expert with the recommendation and support of the anthropologist, was shown on a television news program and was identified within 15 min of the show by a relative as the likeness of a missing 17-year-old black girl who was last seen months before. The combined expertise was instrumental in identifying a person who otherwise would have been recorded as another "Jane Doe."

摘要

除非有良好的人类学、牙科及调查方面的支持，否则成功鉴定骨骼遗骸一直都很困难。这个案例增加了一个新的因素，涉及一位擅长使用画像拼图的执法专家。在人类学家的建议和支持下，画像拼图专家绘制出了受害者的画像，并在一档电视新闻节目中播出。节目播出不到15分钟，一名亲属就认出画中人很像一名失踪的17岁黑人女孩，她几个月前失踪，最后一次被人看到是在那之前。这些专业知识的结合对于鉴定出一个否则就会被记录为另一个“无名女尸”的人起到了关键作用。