The identification of Linda Agostini. The significance of dental evidence in the Albury 'pyjama girl' case. A case report.
The discovery in 1934 of the badly burned, pyjama clad body of a young woman protruding from a roadside culvert near Albury, N.S.W., led to one of the largest investigations in the history of Australian crime. Two simple errors, made by a local dentist with no previous experience in forensic odontology called by the police to examine the teeth of the victim, resulted in a delay in identification for 10 years. This paper examines the background of the odontological evidence which ultimately led to the identification of the victim and the conviction of the offender.
D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male