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Tayla Riley Jeff and PG College Bound 9 June 4, 2013

Forensic Anthropology and Federal Agents

Forensic Anthropology help Federal Agents solve murder cases when the murder cases are too hard for the Federal Agents to solve by themselves. Forensics Anthropology helps Federal Agents solve murder cases in the following ways: They use fingerprinting, DNA, And Computers. When the Federal Agents have cases to solve and it involves a body that has been decomposed that’s when they call in the Forensic Anthropologists. Federal Agents can’t always solve cases by themselves. Fingerprinting helps solve murder cases when the body is too decomposed, then the fingerprinting becomes the federal agents case. DNA is a big part because they help you find out who the person was and the way they lived before they died. Computers changed the system and the way the FBI solved cases. They made it much easier to find out how they were killed. Forensic Anthropologists are defined as trained physical anthropologists who apply their knowledge to identify human remains.

Fingerprinting helps out in murder cases and forensic anthropology in many ways. In “ Forensic Anthropology Medscape Reference “ Heather A Walsh – Haney states that remains that are analyzed by forensic anthropologist are not always skeletonized.[| At certain points when the bones or human remains are to decomposed to an extent, fingerprinting becomes the forensics anthropologist’s case. In “Forensic Classroom Activities” Nova Teachers state that grade 6-8, 9-12 are hunting for a serial arsonist]. The way that they are catching up and are going to be able to find the arson ist is that they are graphing the fingerprints. They are going to graph the different fingerprint patterns.

====In Addition, Forensics Anthropology helps federal agents solve murder cases by using DNA. In “Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body “states that since the mtDNA was passed along the maternal line they solved a case. [|They identified unknown soldiers mtDNA against two samples submitted to them by the first soldier’s mother and sister and they found a match.] In “New perspectives in forensics anthropology” the department of applied forensic scientist’s states that  [|the development of DNA analysis techniques served to undermine the classic role of forensic anthropology as a field almost exclusively focused on victim.]====

 Moreover, computers also help forensic anthropologist help federal agents solve murder cases. In “Computers helping sole murder cases” the FBI Federal Bureau Of Investigation says that [|“Just by the discovery of a new computer system, the Omaha Police Department solved a case that couldn’t be solved 30 - years ago. 30 - Years ago the computer system was not even thought of.] Computers hold a lot of private things that you would never want anyone to find.[| Bone fragments of a girl missing and pictures of the murder case were found on a computer of a man name Mr. Bridger. In “April Jones murder]: ‘Bone Found’ at Mark Bridger’s home” states that when they looked on his computer they found pictures of not only children’s sex abuse but pictures of a little girl that has been kidnapped and murdered.

In Conclusion, Forensic Anthropology helps federal agents solve murder cases. Fingerprinting helps solve murder cases because if the body is too decomposed then finger printing becomes the Forensic Anthropologist’s case. DNA is a big help in solving murder cases because they help you find out who the person was and how they lived before they died. Lastly, computers changed the way the system and the way the FBI solved cases. They made it much easier to find people and how they were killed. My thesis is important to the real world and to everyone’s life because nobody ever really thinks about how big of a help forensic anthropology is to solving murder cases and it’s good to know that the FBI don’t do all the work.