ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Forensic Dentistry, Forensic Anthropology, Potash
26 Apr 2019
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First use of forensic anthro in usa: the parkman-webster murder (1849) January 11, 2019: first to involve forensic anthro & forensic odontology in the usa, dr. george parkman-wealthy bostonian landlord, john webster-chemistry & geology prof at harvard, webster had financial troubles & borrowed money from. She was seen on the eve of disappearance at the factory. And luetgert bought arsenic and potash the day before. Detective was convinced that luetgert killed his wife, boiled her in lye, and disposed of her remains by burning in factory furnace. During search, police found burned human remains (foot, rib, cranial bones) & louisas rings (one had initials engraved: ring found in meat grinder. First trial=hung jury; second trial=conviction, life in prison. Mutter museum: exemplifies the environment of the formative period (collection established in 1858, part of the college of physicians in philadelphia, consists of >3000 osteo specimens. Consolidations period (1939-1971: several notable forensic anthropologists of this including, mildred trotter (1899-1991)
