Identification of decomposed remains requires techniques such as forensic odontology, forensic anthropology, and/or DNA typing. This victim was murdered and dumped in LA County’s high desert, where animals consumed the facial tissue and hands. No further info about this case.
Forensic odontology—the scientific application of dentistry to legal matters—has become a viable asset to the law enforcement community. Today, many forensic odontologists are trained to respond to the needs of law enforcement officers, the legal profession, and forensic pathologists.
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Postmortem animal interference of human corpses or remains is a well known phenomenon to forensic death investigators, the morphological appearance of these injuries can be misinterpreted by police officers investigating the suspected crime scene or by the consulted medical practitioner. Frequently the face, hands and legs are destroyed by postmortem animal interference as they are unclothed and thus easily accessible.
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