FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Robert James Manion, Kirkland Lake, Forensic Pathology
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Missing persons: assess what is known & set up a search. Likely body dumpsites: employ necessary personal & equipment, be sure to use appropriate maps, systematic perform search. Needs to be set procedure: know what is being looked for. Metal objects: continually assess & re-evaluate scene. Robert manion --> distant cousin of kathy. Didn"t have enough evidence to arrest manion. ~30 meters from passenger side door of manion"s truck which was parked on service road. Likely scavenged by animals: *never discovered remains* Accidental discovery: undocumented cemeteries, mass graves & historic burials often found, remains also wash up on shore, stumbled upon in wilderness, forensic anthropologists asked to assess whether remains are forensically significant, always approach as forensically significant. Handling of remains and site turned over to the city. Forensic pathology service & the forensic anthropologists process, scene, exhume: found during destruction of fort erie. Bodies severely damaged/destroyed: bodies may be made unrecognizable.
