Topic ID #8301 - posted 8/8/2010 4:08 AM
Jennifer Palmer
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New Technique Finds Buried Bodies Better
Jennifer Palmer
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New Technique Finds Buried Bodies Better
* By Laura Sanders, Science News Email Author
* August 6, 2010 |
Researchers have unearthed a new way to find a buried body. The sensitive method, published online June 23 in Forensic Science International, detected trace compounds emanating from decomposing rats months after death.
sciencenewsIf the technique also works for human remains, it may help law enforcement personnel find hidden graves of victims months after a murder, researchers say. Because the method relies on a superthin, flexible tube to catch faint chemical signatures in air pockets near the corpse, it may be used to detect bodies buried in hard-to-reach areas, such as under concrete slabs.
“There are about 18,000 clandestine graves in the United States and 100,000 homicides annually, so stuff like this is needed,” says forensic scientist Arpad Vass of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee
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* By Laura Sanders, Science News Email Author
* August 6, 2010 |
Researchers have unearthed a new way to find a buried body. The sensitive method, published online June 23 in Forensic Science International, detected trace compounds emanating from decomposing rats months after death.
sciencenewsIf the technique also works for human remains, it may help law enforcement personnel find hidden graves of victims months after a murder, researchers say. Because the method relies on a superthin, flexible tube to catch faint chemical signatures in air pockets near the corpse, it may be used to detect bodies buried in hard-to-reach areas, such as under concrete slabs.
“There are about 18,000 clandestine graves in the United States and 100,000 homicides annually, so stuff like this is needed,” says forensic scientist Arpad Vass of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee
Read the rest of the article here.
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