Identification of decomposed human remains by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profiling |
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Authors: | W D Haglund D T Reay S L Tepper |
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Affiliation: | King County Medical Examiner's Office, Department of Public Health, Seattle, WA. |
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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. |
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