Forensic Test Kits

Have you ever watched all those television shows that have forensic experts on them and wonder exactly how they perform forensic human identification?  Television shows such as BONES, CSI, and the PROFILER often have bodies brought into the lab that need identifying.  Usually they will have teeth, a deformity, or some unique organ or bone missing.  Sometimes there are even pieces of jewelry that identify who the person might be.  These anthropologists give names back to the victims of horrible crimes and allow their family some peace using forensic human identification.  They take the bodies apart and put them back together looking for the smallest clue or piece of evidence to help them solve the crime. (more…)

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