POSSIBILITIES OF IDENTITY IDENTIFICATION DURING COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF BONE REMAINS: A CASE FROM PRACTICE

Abstract

Relevance. One of the most difficult types of research carried out in the forensic department of the Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination is the identification of individuals by bone remains. At the first stage, when examining the discovered bone remains, as a rule, the tasks of determining the belonging of bones to a person, and then racial identity, sex, age and growth of an individual, are set. The set of established characteristics has a decisive role in the further search activities and identification of specific persons. Case description from practice. Human bone remains were found in the forest. It was established that they belong to a Caucasian male. The most likely growth of the victim was 173-183,5 cm. Anatomical-morphological features of the bones correspond to the age of 49-56,5 years. Further, an identification examination was carried out with the study of radiological images belonging to citizen N., 52 years old, including using the method of graphic identification algorithms. It was established that the bone remains belong to citizen N. Conclusion. The above case demonstrates the possibilities of identity identification in a comprehensive study of bone remains and confirms the fact that the problem of identifying unidentified corpses in forensic medicine is still relevant today. However, even today there is no specific algorithm for applying methods for identifying the identity of a corpse in a particular situation, which creates additional difficulties in choosing the most correct method (s) for it. Further modernization and improvement of the methods of identifying the identity of the unidentified corpse is required, and the search for new, simpler, more accessible and objective research methods has both scientific and significant practical interest.