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Mass Fatality Incidents: A Guide for Forensic Identification

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ContentsMessage From the Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iiiPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vTechnical Working Group <strong>for</strong> <strong>Mass</strong> <strong>Fatality</strong> <strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Identification</strong>. . . . . . . . . viiAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiSection 1: Initial Response Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Section 2: Arriving at the Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Section 3: Processing the Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Section 4: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Section 4.1: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains—Medical Examiner/Coroner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Section 4.2: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains—Administration/Morgue Operations . . . . . . 19Section 4.3: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains—<strong>Forensic</strong> Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Section 4.4: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains—DNA Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Section 4.5: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains—Fingerprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Section 4.6: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains—Odontology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Section 4.7: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains—Radiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Section 4.8: <strong>Identification</strong> of Human Remains—Antemortem Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . 43Section 5: Disposition of Human Remains, Personal Effects, and Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Section 6: Other Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Appendix A. Resources and Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Appendix B. Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Appendix C. Facilities/Organizational Flow Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59xiii

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