The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 14, 1983, Page 4, Image 4
USC pro
By Tom Coyne
A small girl disappears
complex. Neighbors noti<
hot. Police remove ashes
expert examines them.
The janitor is convicted
This story is one examp
skill that has only 30 peoj
USC anthropology profess
RATHBUN, THE only f
n?At*lrn aw oiw
nvilU3 Mil OlA IU 1U tndC
provided valuable infor
purposes.
It is his job to help I
standard procedures, sucl
don't work, Rathbun said.
A Beaufort fisherman
tiger shark this summer,
discovered fragments of a
Rathbun said the usual
be to go through a list of <j
list of characteristics tha
age and stature). But th
were the upper portions o
portions of the femur j
procedure would not work
ONE OF RATHBUN'S
term project. He measur
males and females to i
scientists could use.
Student ai
nearly the same amount
1983.
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from the furnace, and a forensic
of murder.
le of the contribution of fdrensics, i
>le nationwide certified as experts
or Ted Rathbun is one of them.
VI VIIOIVO CApUl t All U1C OU11C, dttlU 111
s per year; his latest case worl
mation for future identificatioi
dentify the dead individual whei
h as fingerprints and dental charts
caught an 8-foot-long, 130-poun<
When he cut open the stomach, h<
i human knee.
procedure for identification woul<
liscriminating function statistics U
t statistically determine sex, race
e only parts of the body available
f the tibia and fibula, and the lowei
and the kneecap, so the norma
students took on the project as j
ed the widths of kneecaps of whit
Form a chart that other forensii
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With this information, Rathbui
- was from a white female, about 3<
1 five-foot-five. She was most likely
y crashes that had occurred in the ai
B "The great thing about this s
stimulates new research, such as
"Another great thing is that it ;
a volved."
He said the science was never
each case serves as a test for its
becoming more respected by ott
? forrpmpnt nffpnpipc RathhnncniH
1 THE PROCESS of identifying i
remains is a difficult and compli<
1 said.
* The pelvis and skull are the key
skeletal remains, Rathbun said.
* ferent anatomical features to acco
9 He said the width and depth oi
percent accurate determination of
1 not a very good determination of i
* nearly impossible to determine se>
? Race, he said, can be determine
e "The nasal form, cheekbones,
v characteristics and statistical ma
1 determine race."
ONE AREA OF forensics in whi
a is facial reconstruction. He was <
e procedure to achieve a positive ide
c In August 1980 a skeleton was fo
Brockington Road in Richland
1 Reagan wants Congress to app
new program, which would be r
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t The president proposed elimin
Congress refused to cooperate,
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him many of the cuts in other aid {
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i determined the kneecap Cou
) years old, five-foot-two to rem
n uiftim nf nnp of two nlnno ?tm
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*ea at that time. E
cience is that each case to t
i this one," Rathbun said. Rat
allows students to get in- stru
Ui
100 percent foolproof, and stru
techniques. The science is for i
ler scientists and law ensi
colo
i body using only skeletal imp
cated procedure, Rathbun wig
stru
s to determining the sex of Ai
A female's pelvis has dif- Aug
mmodate childbirth. tifie
f the pelvis provides a 95 beef
sex. The skull, however, is R;
sex. In young children it is fere
l. diff<
id by the skull at any age.
forehead profile, dental
isurements are all used to
nnn
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Chi<
ch Rathbun has pioneered H
one of the first to use the bee
ntification. law
und in a wooded area near
County. When Richland Rat
wopriate $2.7 billion to the rec<
nore than the 1983 monies out
riree programs he wants to T1
A
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Congress did agree to cut fori
benefits, and has granted Tl
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ains, Rathbun was asked t(
ction technique.
athbun allowed USC senior K
ake on the project as an inc
hbun, West spent more ttu
ction.
sing a claylike material ci
cted the face using charts tl
various parts of the face.
rAGE MAKEUP was then
r. This step was guesswork,
ossible to know the exact col
and artificial eyes were ad
ction.
:ter a picture of the reconst
. 27, 1980, The State, Mr. ant
d the victim. Rathbun said
iuse of its success and its stud
athbun said forensic scienti:
nces in skeletons and tissue
irences.
FHERE IS a lot of stability
hbun said. 4'There are
ulations of South Carolina {
cago."
e said he thinks there are m;
ause it has many practical
enforcement agencies.
rhis science disproves a st
hKuri coirl unfh o ewilA
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and Pell Grants harder to get
his year, the family income li
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nts, which would offer peopl
college.
lie president would also d
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West, one of his students,
lependent study. Guided by
in 60 hours on the reconciled
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Rathbun said, because it is
or of an individual's skin. A
ded to complete the reconviction
was printed in the
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this case was gratifying
lent involvement.
sts must find regional difjs,
instead of just national
in a small town setting," v
differences in the black
and of the urban blacks in
any future uses for forensics
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