La antropología forense una herramienta para la identificación de cadáveres: Caso 8 - antropología forense

Abstract

This paper aims to highlight the importance of Forensic Anthropology, as a tool for forensic and implementing new strategies that lead to the completion of investigations by state agencies. For our case, authorities achieved through a specialized analysis to establish gender, age, ancestral pattern phenotype and possible causes of death, a skeleton found in the village five kilometers Danube, Seville municipality in the department of Valle del Cauca, which was reported by Mr. Efren Sandoval, acting as foreman of that property, give notice to the authorities, who do the work of removing the body by its body is specialized. Forensic anthropology tests showed that the bones analyzed corresponds to a female person with a chronological age of 35 years approximately , approximate height of 1, 70 inches of Caucasian origin , and were able to establish the cause of death , shot firearm , which income from the occipital side of the head . Checked against databases of neighboring municipalities , it was established that found bones belonged to Luz Angela Rodriguez , a native of the town of Tulua - Valle de Cauca , since the characteristics outlined above, and other individuals and broken arm right to the shoulder blade height at the age of 20 years by falling motorcycle ( Study conducted by radiographs which were brought by his mother to be collated in order to compare and get full identification ) , agreed at a high rate with bones found in the farm Paradise At the same time, it was confirmed by intelligence information from the authorities, Mrs. Rodriguez, belonged to a group of urban crime, and its disappearance was reported by his family two years ago. The reasons that lead to his death apparently were for settling of accounts between criminal gangs.