Abstract The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is a treaty-based
international organization with a global mandate to address the issue of missing persons. It …

Due to the large number of fragmented and commingled bodies recovered from mass
graves related to the war in the former Yugoslavia, DNA typing has become an essential tool …

Human identification has made great strides over the past 2 decades due to the advent of
DNA typing. Forensic DNA typing provides genetic data from a variety of materials and …

The generation of a DNA profile from skeletal remains is an important part of the
identification process in both mass disaster and unidentified person cases. Since bones and …

Forensic DNA databases are indispensable tools of the law enforcement system. The
purpose of establishing forensic DNA databases was to develop investigative leads for …

DNA profiling and matching is one of the primary methods to identify missing persons in a
disaster, as defined by the Interpol Disaster Victim Identification Guide. The process to …

Background Although the primary objective of forensic DNA analyses of unidentified human
remains is positive identification, cases involving historical or archaeological skeletal …

DNA-assisted identification of historical remains requires the genetic analysis of highly
degraded DNA, along with a comparison to DNA from known relatives. This can be achieved …

A number of initiatives are underway in the United States in response to the 2009 critique of
forensic science by a National Academy of Sciences committee. This article provides a …

The World Trade Center (WTC) victim identification effort highlights taphonomic influences
on the degradation of DNA from victims of mass fatality incidents. This study uses a subset of …