Human Osteology: Key to the Sequence of Events in a Postmortem Shooting
Mann, RW
Forensic Anthropologist and Curator/Forensic Anthropologist, respectively, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Owsley, DW
Forensic Anthropologist and Curator/Forensic Anthropologist, respectively, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.


Abstract
Forensic anthropologic examination of human skeletal remains found when a field was plowed provides evidence of both perimortem trauma, suggesting cause of death, and of subsequent shooting of the disarticulated skeleton. The case exemplifies the application of the specialized skills and knowledge of the physical anthropologist to determination of the postmortem sequence of events.

Keywords:
ballistics, forensic science, gunshot, musculoskeletal system, osteological evidence, physical anthropology, postmortem interval, premortem/postmortem trauma

Paper ID: JFS375921386

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