Facial Reconstruction Techniques
Introduction and Missing persons:
Last week a couple came across a human skull that was found in a park. Police were contacted and it appeared to be two human skeletons. So as a team of forensic anthropologist we studied skeleton B to see whether or not it would match with the following missing people. Stacey Jackson or Regina Rashad. Stacey Jackson is a 26 year old grocery clerk she's been missing for 3 months. Two witnesses remember seeing her on the path near the park the same day she had disappeared. Regina Rashad is 31 years old and is a newly married insurance secretary and has been missing for almost 6 months. Her husband and her were going through a rough time but didn't think she would up and run away. We measured and examined different parts of the pelvis, skull, humerus, …show more content…
Facial reconstruction is done by a sculptor who has knowledge in facial anatomy, they use a modeling clay to put on the skull and sculpt the facial features that are similar to any of the missing person's features to be able to construct a face that will suggest someone to remember/recognize the features of this particular person.
Two tests/types of analysis that can be completed using the bone samples are gel electrophoresis and examining the skull. From running a gel we can learn if the DNA of this person matches the DNA of the suspected missing persons since on the gel there are several lanes that will include a DNA marker and the suspect's DNA. What we can learn from examining the skull is the age of the person and possibly the ethnicity as well. To tell the age of the person you would have to look at the sagittal suture on the skull, if it is fully fused together than the person is most likely to be around the age of 35 if it is not completely fused the age will be
Last week a couple came across a human skull that was found in a park. Police were contacted and it appeared to be two human skeletons. So as a team of forensic anthropologist we studied skeleton B to see whether or not it would match with the following missing people. Stacey Jackson or Regina Rashad. Stacey Jackson is a 26 year old grocery clerk she's been missing for 3 months. Two witnesses remember seeing her on the path near the park the same day she had disappeared. Regina Rashad is 31 years old and is a newly married insurance secretary and has been missing for almost 6 months. Her husband and her were going through a rough time but didn't think she would up and run away. We measured and examined different parts of the pelvis, skull, humerus, …show more content…
Facial reconstruction is done by a sculptor who has knowledge in facial anatomy, they use a modeling clay to put on the skull and sculpt the facial features that are similar to any of the missing person's features to be able to construct a face that will suggest someone to remember/recognize the features of this particular person.
Two tests/types of analysis that can be completed using the bone samples are gel electrophoresis and examining the skull. From running a gel we can learn if the DNA of this person matches the DNA of the suspected missing persons since on the gel there are several lanes that will include a DNA marker and the suspect's DNA. What we can learn from examining the skull is the age of the person and possibly the ethnicity as well. To tell the age of the person you would have to look at the sagittal suture on the skull, if it is fully fused together than the person is most likely to be around the age of 35 if it is not completely fused the age will be