Difference between revisions of "Decendent identification"
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*Circumstantial - right place, locked premises. | *Circumstantial - right place, locked premises, personal identification. | ||
*Fingerprints. | *Fingerprints. | ||
*Dental. | *Dental. | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 4 March 2012
Decendent identification, also identification, is an important part of a death investigation.
Usual means of identification:
- Visual (facial).
- Circumstantial - right place, locked premises, personal identification.
- Fingerprints.
- Dental.
- Skeletal features - see forensic anthropology.
- DNA.