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Deputies ask for help in identifying human remains found in 2010
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/130803473.html
Here's the NamUs casefile:
NamUs UP Case 8998 https://identifyus.org/cases/8998
Unidentified White or Hispanic Male Note: Although the press release indicates gender unknown, the NamUs casefile indicates that the decedent is male based on Amelogenin locus (i.e., a protein found in developing tooth enamel that exhibits different characteristics in males than in females).
Found on February 08, 2010 at 13241 West Orange Grove Road, Tucson (Pima County), Arizona.
Estimated age: 18 - 30 years
Body Parts Inventory: Skeletal elements include cranium, mandible, and the first cervical vertebra.
Probable year of death: 2009 to 2010
Circumstances of death: A cranium with mandible and C1 attached were brought to above residence from a remote desert area by home owner's dog.
Skeletal findings: The right temporal glenoid fossa exhibits a sclerotic lesion. A poorly healed depressed fracture to the left maxilla in the area of the infraorbital foramen. Another healed fracture to the right maxilla at its articulation with the nasal bone.
Dental Comments: #14: crown destroyed by caries. #6 to #11 and #22 to #27: excessive occlusal wear.
Identifiers Available: Dentals and DNA
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Deputies are asking for the public's help in identifying remains found in the desert near the 13,200 block of Orange Grove Road.
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Investigators found a bullet still lodged in the skull ...
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The sex of the victim is not known, but it appears the victim was caucasian or hispanic in origin, eighteen to thirty years old, and had a large amount of dental restoration with the front teeth significantly worn.
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http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/130803473.html
Here's the NamUs casefile:
NamUs UP Case 8998 https://identifyus.org/cases/8998
Unidentified White or Hispanic Male Note: Although the press release indicates gender unknown, the NamUs casefile indicates that the decedent is male based on Amelogenin locus (i.e., a protein found in developing tooth enamel that exhibits different characteristics in males than in females).
Found on February 08, 2010 at 13241 West Orange Grove Road, Tucson (Pima County), Arizona.
Estimated age: 18 - 30 years
Body Parts Inventory: Skeletal elements include cranium, mandible, and the first cervical vertebra.
Probable year of death: 2009 to 2010
Circumstances of death: A cranium with mandible and C1 attached were brought to above residence from a remote desert area by home owner's dog.
Skeletal findings: The right temporal glenoid fossa exhibits a sclerotic lesion. A poorly healed depressed fracture to the left maxilla in the area of the infraorbital foramen. Another healed fracture to the right maxilla at its articulation with the nasal bone.
Dental Comments: #14: crown destroyed by caries. #6 to #11 and #22 to #27: excessive occlusal wear.
Identifiers Available: Dentals and DNA