ZPrinting Helps Lab Identify POW/MIA Remains
The largest forensic anthropology laboratory in the world is using Z Corporation 3D printing technology to help identify POW/MIA remains so they can be returned to their families and rest in peace.
The forensic work, using a ZPrinter® multicolor printer, is the cornerstone of a project to prove the effectiveness and set the protocol for skull photographic superimposition. The procedure involves superimposing images of unidentified skulls onto photographs of known soldiers to gauge potential matches. It is especially helpful in cases where DNA is not available. JPAC is the only laboratory in the world engaged in this project, and its work with ZPrinting will make the technique available to any qualified, trained investigator. The ZPrinter’s uncompromising accuracy is vital to this highly detailed work, with a “t-test” finding no statistically significant difference between measurements of a skull and its ZPrinted model.
ID-ing Crime Victims Could Point to Suspects
he Pembroke Pines Police Office needs your help cracking cold cases.
The investigation into two suspicious deaths remains open because police don't know who the victims are. Identifying them could help identify the suspects.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, Officer Donna Velazquez is hoping each picture she’s collected will spell major leads.
"I believe the identity unlocks the whole entire case," she said, referring to cases that have gone cold.
“There is new technology available with regards to forensic artistry and forensic anthropology," she explained.
It’s lead to new sketches of how the victims would look today. The first is a man shot and burned beyond recognition on 184th and Pines back in 1984. Investigators found his body next to 19 year old Tammy Crider's body. A suspected gang member, now deceased, was charged in her death.
