Author Topic: MINIDOKA COUNTY JOHN DOE: WM, 18-60, skull from southern Idaho - 13 June 2014  (Read 171 times)

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Skull was turned into Minidoka County Museum by an individual who stated he received it in 1940 from a sheepherder in southern Idaho.

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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP12652Male, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found
June 13, 2014
Location Found
Minidoka County, Idaho
Estimated Age Range
18-60 Years

Case Information
Case Numbers

NCMEC Number
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ME/C Case Number
140618-27

Demographics

Sex
Male
Race / Ethnicity
White / Caucasian
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Estimated Age Group
Adult - Pre 60
Estimated Age Range (Years)
18-60
Estimated Year of Death
1940
Estimated PMI
Years
Height
Cannot Estimate
Weight
Cannot Estimate

Circumstances
Type
Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found
June 13, 2014
NamUs Case Created
June 25, 2014
ME/C QA Reviewed
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Location Found Map
Location
Idaho
County
Minidoka County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)
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Circumstances of Recovery
Skull was turned into Minidoka County Museum by an individual who stated he received it in 1940 from a sheepherder in southern Idaho.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains
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Condition of Remains
Not recognizable - Partial skeletal parts only

Case Contributors
Laura Larson, Medicolegal Death Investigator

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June 20, 2014
Anthropology Report
Case Number: 140618-27
Background: The Minidoka County Coroner was contacted by the Minidoka county museum regarding a human skull turned over to them by Wayne Birch who stated he was given the skull by a sheepherder in the 1940’s. The skull was transported to this office by Minidoka Coroner Lucky Bourn and signed over on 6/18/14 at 0905.
Description and Inventory: This is an intact skull with no mandible. Maxillary dentition is incomplete aside from one left canine with extensive wear. The maxilla shows bone resorbtion consistent with antemortem tooth loss. There is an abscess superior to the canine tooth consistent with an infection. The entire maxilla seems malformed with overlapping sutures.
Sex: Male
Buikstra and Ubleker 1994 scoring system was used to estimate sex.
The nuchal crest is robust with a score of 4, mastoid processes are large and robust with a score of 4, the supra orbital ridge are all robust with a score of 4. All are consistent with that of a male.
Age: 18-55
Age estimation is based on cranial suture closure. Sutures are closed but not yet obliterated.
Ancestry: European
William Bass Human Osteology 2005, Fordisc 3.0
Due to the misshapen maxilla, it was not used to determine ancestry. The skull has a narrow, high-bridged nose, and a narrow nasal opening consistent with European ancestry. The cranial vault is high, also consistent with European descent.
Fordisc
Using Fordisc 3.0, this skull is classified as being most closely related to a White male with a posterior probability of 0.974 when compared against white, black and Chinese ancestral groups. Fordisc provides three typicality probabilities: Type F, Type Chi and Type R. These represent how likely this sample belongs to each ancestry group, based on the distances to each group and the average variability of all the groups in the analysis. In this case, Type F calculated to 0.789, Type Chi was 0.745 and Type R was 0.722. This concludes that this skull resembles most closely to that of other European samples.

Summary: This skull is likely that of a white male between 18 and 55 years at age of death. There are no signs of trauma. Pathological features indicate a possible dental infection

Robert Karinen MA, MPA, F-ABMDI
Forensic Supervisor/Anthropologist
Ada County Coroner’s Office
(208) 287-5556

Beki Jumonville BA
Medicolegal Death Investigator/ Anthropologist
Ada County Coroner’s Office
(208) 287-5556

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