The Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science provides an in-depth, practical, hands on workshop on methods of finding, recovering and identifying human remains. Beginning with search methodologies, including ground penetrating radar, magnetic sensing and aerial photography, the course examines the difficulties encountered in searching for missing persons who are presumed dead.
Once the remains have been located, the emphasis shifts to recovery and preservation of valuable evidence that can be lost by incomplete or improper recovery. Archaeological techniques that provide stratigraphic control and proper documentation are essential to proper forensic recovery.
The course then examines the various components of identification. Are the remains human? How many persons and their personal identification are determined using techniques of forensic anthropology. Establishing the time of death is also an important element of the analysis of human remains.
Each area will be addressed by both lectures with case history, and practical exercises in search methods, excavation, and analysis of human and non-human skeleton remains.
DAY 1
Methods of Searching
Theory and Practice
Human Skeletal Anatomy
DAY 2
Principles of Archaeology
Recovery of Human Remains
Theory and Practice
Field Exercises in Finding a
Missing Body
DAY 3
Time of Death
Rates of Decomposition
Forensic Entomology
DAY 4
Identification of Age, Sex and Race
Personal Identification and Pathology
Pre-mortem Injury and Cause of Death
Field Exercises in Recovery of
Human Remains
DAY 5
Field Exercises in Recovery of Human Remains
This course is highly recommended for law enforcement officials who may be involved in death, serial, or human remains cases.