A seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog trots up with a human femur clenched between its teeth. A woman veers off her normal urban walking path and happens upon a human skull. New ...

The Columbus Police Department requests anyone with information about the victim’s identity or circumstances surrounding the ...

Forensic analysis of skeletal remains is a critical aspect of forensic anthropology, enabling the reconstruction of events surrounding an individual’s death. This field integrates chemical, physical, ...

When officials uncovered the remains, they did not know the victim's, age, race or sex. After receiving forensic test results earlier this week, they now know all of that and more, according to ...

Dr. Henry Wheeler, a prominent pioneer physician in Grand Forks and the city's onetime mayor, always claimed he owned the skeleton of an outlaw that he killed named McClelland "Clell" Miller. He kept ...

Questions about Clell Miller's body remain after test on skeleton in Grand Forks halted After reaching a dead-end in Grand Forks, forensic researchers trying to uncover the whereabouts of the skeletal ...

This Special Issue focuses on critical identification cases, as forensic experts increasingly face significant challenges in identifying human remains, both in routine and extraordinary circumstances.

Scientists use skeletal remains and DNA profiles to identify unknown individuals. Forensic scientists from NC State have teamed up with state investigators in the hope of identifying skeletal remains ...

When a medical examiner needs help identifying a deceased person and determining how that person died, they turn to forensic anthropologists. To aid in the identification of unknown human remains, ...

Human remains were found Thursday morning in a canal behind a business on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge. The remains were described as skeletal and seemingly had been decomposing for weeks, according ...