“Utilizing dental records, a Mercyhurst University forensic odontologist was able to confirm the identity of the deceased ...

The skeletal remains discovered in the detached garage of an abandoned Galion house have been identified as a Crawford County ...

TOWAMENCIN TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The Montgomery County coroner said finding human skeletal remains in the area is extremely rare. However, just last week on March 18, investigators found a ...

A new analysis of a skeleton found in a Budapest monastery has revealed the gruesome details of a 13th-century Hungarian duke’s murder. According to a new study published in the journal Forensic ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) -- The human body has 206 bones, each one holds a lot of information about who we are. Heather Garvin, a board-certified forensic anthropologist for the state of Iowa, is ...

Jesse Taylor IV was reported missing on Sept. 3, 2013, after his father hadn’t seen him in more than a month. Months later, his skeletal remains were found in the elevator shaft of an abandoned ...

Being able to identify all the bones in the human body is simple for Harrison Redd. And, as a forensic anthropologist intern, he uses this knowledge to provide closure for families of missing people.

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, ...