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Posted: Tuesday, 26 May 2009 2:52PM
Renowned forensic specialist on unidentified body case
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Steve Miller Reporting
CHICAGO (WBBM) - A forensic anthropologist who identified the remains of the Oklahoma City bombing victims and the boys and men murdered by John Wayne Gacy is weighing in on last week's discovery of a body in the Des Plaines River.
Dr. Clyde Snow says that even though DNA may help identify the remains, what’s left of the skeleton itself may yield some clues as to what happened, “Very often the bones turn out to be the best witnesses”.
Dr. Snow, who has not been called in as a consultant, says by now, investigators may have an idea of what happened to the deceased, if the clues are there.
"You would be looking for signs of injury that show up on bones.” Dr. Snow tells Newsradio 780, “In other words, you might find the obvious thing, of course, would be gunshot wounds.”
"You can see cut marks in stabbing victims, say, on the ribs, evidence of blunt force trauma,” Dr. Snow added.
Dr. Snow says investigators would also know by this point whether the body came apart in the river or whether someone dismembered it using a saw.
The Will County Coroner has said the skeletal remains include the rib cage, spinal column and partial left and right femur bones.
From that, perhaps, assuming the pelvic bone is there, forensic anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow says investigators can determine the sex of the person and the approximate age.
"And I would want to look around the joints of the missing bones, for example, the knee bones: Is there any evidence of cut marks or saw marks that would suggest the person was dismembered."
The families of Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic are still waiting for some kind of closure.
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