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Forensic specialist Dixie Peters on skeletons and the search for missing persons
The Sydney Norning Herald
Lucy Cormack
4 hrs ago (as at 21:03 AEDT 16 November 2017)
Ask Dixie Peters which part of a human skeleton is the hardest to examine in the search for DNA, she will tell you it's the skull.
"I suspect it may be the lack of bone marrow."
From skulls, to femurs and carpals, Ms Peters oversees the examination of 750 to more than 1000 skeletal remains samples every year.
As the technical leader for the Missing Persons Unit at the University of North Texas, she is a specialist in mitochondrial DNA testing, utilising it to help solve missing persons cases across the US.
Ms Peters landed in Sydney this week to address the inaugural National Missing Persons Conference, which brought together law enforcement, government and non government agencies and practitioners involved in the investigation of missing persons.
Read more at:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/forensic-...arch-for-missing-persons-20171116-gzmflo.html
The Sydney Norning Herald
Lucy Cormack
4 hrs ago (as at 21:03 AEDT 16 November 2017)
Ask Dixie Peters which part of a human skeleton is the hardest to examine in the search for DNA, she will tell you it's the skull.
"I suspect it may be the lack of bone marrow."
From skulls, to femurs and carpals, Ms Peters oversees the examination of 750 to more than 1000 skeletal remains samples every year.
As the technical leader for the Missing Persons Unit at the University of North Texas, she is a specialist in mitochondrial DNA testing, utilising it to help solve missing persons cases across the US.
Ms Peters landed in Sydney this week to address the inaugural National Missing Persons Conference, which brought together law enforcement, government and non government agencies and practitioners involved in the investigation of missing persons.
Read more at:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/forensic-...arch-for-missing-persons-20171116-gzmflo.html