Identification of decomposed human remains by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profiling.
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.
Haglund
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King County Medical Examiner's Office, Department of Public Health, Seattle, WA.
Reay
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Tepper
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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
D004247:DNA