Human osteology: key to the sequence of events in a postmortem shooting
Mann, R.W.; Owsley, D.W.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 37(5): 1386-1392
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 1402762 Document Number: 388666
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.