title: Identification of decomposed human remains by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profiling.
abstract: After routine methods failed to establish positive identification of a decomposed homicide victim, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) typing techniques using blood from the victim and putative parents of the victim were used. This is the first report in the literature of a case using DNA fingerprinting in a "parentage" context to establish identity of unidentified, decomposed human remains.
authors.affiliation: King County Medical Examiner's Office, Department of Public Health, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Haglund
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Reay
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Tepper
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D009710:Nucleotide Mapping / Q000379:methods; D010290:Parents; D011180:Postmortem Changes
chemical_list: D004247:DNA