title: Reanalysis of Korean War Anthropological Records to Support the Resolution of Cold Cases.
abstract: Re-investigation of previously unidentified remains from the Korean War has yielded 55 new identifications, each with corresponding records of prior anthropological analyses. This study compares biological assessments for age at death, stature, and ancestry across (i) anthropological analyses from the 1950s, (ii) recent anthropological analyses of those same sets of remains, and (iii) the reported antemortem biological information for the identified individual. A comparison of long bone measurements from both the 1950s and during reanalysis is also presented. These comparisons demonstrate commonalities and continuing patterns of errors that are useful in refining both research on Korean War cold case records and forensic anthropological analyses performed using methods developed from the 1950s identifications.
authors.affiliation: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, 590 Moffet Street, Bldg. 4077, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI.
authors.forename: Emily K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001827:Body Height; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D047869:Korean War; D044469:Racial Groups
keywords: age-at-death estimation; ancestry assessment; cold cases; forensic anthropology; forensic science; stature estimation