Forensic expert explains challenges with identifying human remains

Forensic Expert


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Posted: 07/19/2012

CLEVELAND - If investigators do discover something in the coming days at the site where Amanda Berry may have been buried, how will they be able to identify the remains?

Dale Laux, a former forensic scientist with the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI) and current teacher at Cleveland State University and Baldwin Wallace University, joined NewsChannel 5 at 11 p.m. to explain the process and challenges of identifying human remains.

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