Skeletal Analysis

Through the Center for Human Identification, skeletal analysis and consultation are provided at no direct cost to submitting agencies.

Aspects of skeletal analysis may include:

• Evaluation of forensic significance, (human vs. non-human, modern vs. historical/archaeological)
• Biological profile: sex, age, ancestry, stature, antemortem pathology, and unique features
• Documentation and analysis of trauma
• Estimation of the postmortem interval
• Positive identification or exclusion using antemortem records
• Submission of appropriate skeletal samples to the DNA Identification Laboratory for analysis and inclusion in the FBI's Missing Persons CODIS Database