Forensic Analysis: Dead Men Talking

It was a normal Saturday morning. I had just woken up and my dogs were dying to take a walk. I grabbed their leashes and headed out the door. Right as both the dogs got outside they went crazy. Diego was tugging so hard on the leash, he was only on two legs, jumping like a rabbit. Charlie was scratching my leg trying to get my attention. I reached down to get him off my leg and Diego darted off down the street and around the corner. I thought he had seen a dog, but when I got to him, he was dragging around a whole leg. I looked at the leg and instantly knew it was a leg of a human.
After returning back to my house to return my dogs, I decided that I needed to be doing some investigating. I remember reading the article “Dead Men Talking” I read a few days ago in my free time. In the article Billy Bass a known forensic anthropologist stated, “When you first start off, you want to look at the crime scene and say “”What does this scene tell me?”” So I headed out this time without the …show more content…
If you see anything else suspicious, report it to us immediately.” Stated one policeman.
“Actually, I was wondering if I could investigate the body. I happen to be a forensic anthropologist myself.”
“If you would be willing to that would be great.” The policeman replied.
We first set up the leg in the lab and examined the blade for any hints of where this might have taken place and where the rest of the body was or at least the skull. I examined the knee first because I knew from the article “Identifying the Victim” if the person was a Negroid there would be a wide space between the knee joint. It turns out this person was a Negroid, which could narrow this down to fewer people. We searched the database for missing African Americans in the area and 47 results showed up. We needed more evidence.
Soon after a police officer came in, “After examining the blade we found a bit of an apple.” The officer