Posts Tagged ‘dental records’
Police Appeal to Dentists for Help Identifying Body Found in Conwy Forest
Police have appealed for help from dentists to try and identify a body found in a Conwy forest last year. The discovery was made in November in forest land in Pentrellyncymer and the body has still not been formally identified. Police believe that the individual had been in the forest for some time when the […]
Indianapolis Dentists Help Local Police to Fight Crime
Dentists in Indianapolis have joined forces with local police departments to solve crime. Dentists are helping the IMPD solve crimes using old dental records and their efforts are leading to an increased number of convictions. The IMPD is one of many police departments across the USA turning to traditional methods of solving crime and convicting […]
Dental Records Used To Identify Body of Missing Teenager
Dental records were used to identify the body of missing teenager, Harry Martin, a coroner confirmed. Coroner Ian Arrow opened and closed the inquest in Plymouth yesterday morning, confirming that the body of the teenager from Newton Ferrers had been identified by Simon Crew, a forensic odontologist. Harry, 18, disappeared on January 3rd and his […]
Dental Records Used To Identify Hull Man Who Commited Suicide After Abuse Allegations
Dental records have been used to identify the body of a Hull man who committed suicide after he was falsely accused of child abuse. Police believe Graham Smith, 56, took his own life in June; Mr Smith jumped from the Humber Bridge and his body was found five days later. The body was in such […]
Dental Records Used To Confirm Identity Of Lee Rigby
Coroners have confirmed that dental records were used to confirm the identity of drummer, Lee Rigby, after a brutal attack in Woolwich. At an inquest at Southwark Coroner’s Court, it was confirmed that the 25 year old was hit by a car and then brutally attacked by two men, who were armed with a knife […]
Dental Records Confirm That Dorner Is Dead
Police have confirmed that America’s most wanted man is dead, after dental records were used to confirm his identity. Dental records were used to identify the charred body of Christopher Dorner on February 14th; police set fire to a cabin in San Bernardino County following gun shots and a lengthy police chase. Mr Dorner decided […]
Dental Records Confirm Body of Missing Millionairess Carole Waugh
Dental records have been used to confirm the body of missing oil executive Carole Waugh. Police confirmed that they found a body in the back of a car in a lock-up in New Malden last week. The body was badly decomposed and dental records were required to confirm the identity of Ms Waugh. Police later […]
Dental Record Used To Identify Missing Korean Woman
Dental records have been used to confirm the identity of a woman who went missing in New Zealand earlier this year. Hamilton police used dental records sent from Korea to identify the body, which was found in Waikato River in July after Eunki Kim went missing in June; she was last seen on the 6th […]
Officials confirm jawbone found in Aruba is not that of missing American schoolgirl
Officials in Aruba have confirmed that a jawbone found on the Dutch Caribbean island is not that of missing schoolgirl, Natalee Holloway. The jawbone was found by a tourist and send to Holland for analysis; yesterday, Dutch forensic scientists ruled out the possibility of the bone belonging to the missing Alabama schoolgirl. They confirmed the […]
Dutch authorities studying dental records of missing teenager
Dutch authorities are studying the dental records of missing teenager, Natalee Holloway, after a jawbone was found in Aruba. Natalee Holloway, from Mountain Brook, Alabama, was just 18 when she disappeared on a high school graduation holiday to Aruba in 2005. Natalee was last seen leaving a bar with a Dutch man named Joran van […]
