Test 1 Forensic History

Question 1

Thomas Dwight (1843-1911)

Answer 1

Father of Forensic Anthropology
1st one to have published theories that present-day forensic anthropologists asks

Question 1

Formative Period (1800s-1938)

Answer 1

The Parkman Murder + conviction of John Webster (1849)
Case of Adolph and Louisa Leutgert (1897)
Buck Ruxton Case (1938)

Question 2

The Parkman Murder and John Webster (1849)

Answer 2

Law enforcement found body parts of Parkman in Webster’s lab- too dismembered to identify
-> Biologists concluded: TOD, victim was around 25 yrs, height, dental record = matched Parkman’s

Question 3

Adolph and Louisa Leutgert Case (1897)

Answer 3

Found container w jelly-like substance= Dissolved human body
Found 3 bones and a ring-> identified as the wife

Question 4

Buck Ruxton Case (1938)

Answer 4

Smell coming from Ruxton house-> 2 bodies found in a near ditch.
Compared decomposed bodies w pictures of the victims alive to match the bodies

Question 5

Consolidation Period (1939-1971)

Answer 5

• Guide to the Identification of Human Skeletal Material, Wilton Marion Krugman (1939)
• The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine, Wilton M.K (1962)
• Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, Charles Snow (1947, after WW2)
• Lab established in Japan during the Korean War, Dale Stewart (1950-1953)

Question 6

Modern Period (1971-Present)

Answer 6

• Personal Identification in Mass Disasters, Dale S. (1971)
• Human Osteology: a Laboratory and Field Manual, William Bass (1971)
• Creation of a section for physical anthropology within the American Academy of Forensic Science (1972)
• Creation of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (1977)