Deaths+Acre+33-45

The ultimate goal is to make a positive identification and cause of death when examining a body in a forensic case

Big Four - sex,race, age and stature

lay the bones out up right

small skull so it suggested a child or woman. Mouth was narrow and chin was pointed which is also female. but the teeth tell if it is a female or child...it was an adult woman

before puberty each innominate bone consist of three seperate bones: ilium, ischium and the pubis

Pelvis can also help tell age but to help get age he had to remove the tissue from the bones.

Negro female

as we age cartilage turns to bone

measured the femur and found out she is 5'6.

lack of dental care which insisted poor

with all of this information now he was able to find who this person was by name. It makes it alot easier if you take the steps he did. Her name is Mary Louise Downing from Kansas.