Forensic dentistry case book 2 : dental identification of severely carbonised remains
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Authors
Bernitz, Herman
Solomon, C.
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Publisher
South African Dental Association
Abstract
A 19-year old adult male was reported missing after he
failed to arrive on his scheduled flight, following a working
gap year in the United Kingdom. His parents who had been
in the arrivals hall for some time, had not seen or received
any calls from their son. The next day, a burned out car
was found on the N2, with several carbonised bone fragments,
including a maxilla, assumed to be from a human
corpse. Experts confirmed that accelerators had been
used in an attempt to totally destroy any possible evidence
in the torched vehicle. The extremely burnt remains were
brought to the Medico-Legal mortuary for possible identification
(Figure 1).
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Keywords
Forensic dentistry, Dental identification, Mutilated or carbonised remains
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Bernitz, H & Solomon, C 2014, 'Forensic dentistry case book 2 : dental identification of severely carbonised remains', South African Dental Journal, vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 326-327.