Identification of the skeletal remains of a child in Uruguay.
From: The Forensic Examiner
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Date: 9/22/2004
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Author: Solla, Horacio E.
ABSTRACT
This article presents the utilization of two techniques used for the identification of human skeletal remains: the traditional technique of facial reproduction employed by forensic anthropologists, and the more recent technique of DNA pattern analysis, which is usually utilized by biochemists. Both techniques were applied to a unique case to analyze and identify the skeletal remains of a child who disappeared in the Uruguayan city of Salinas in February 1991. Today, DNA ...
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