Saturday, 9 November 2013

Part III: Murder Most Brutal! Q6


Judging by the size of the bones and the number of tooth sockets (8 adult teeth/alveolar processes) per quadrant, the above is part of adult remains. It might be either Herman Hartono or his son Adi. We can observe two mandibular third molars here and an acute angle of the mandible. Since 3rd molars erupt around the age of 17-25, we can assume the son was at least 17 years of age. Round and large orbits also indicate the above belongs to a male victim.




The teeth above are definitely from an adult dentition. They are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd molars.
The third molar is the smallest of the three. The second molar is smaller than the first one and has 5 cusps. The first molar is the largest posterior tooth and has 4 cusps.
The angle of the above mandible indicates a male victim.


The last piece of evidence shows a child’s mandible. It is not clear enough whether the canine is deciduous or permanent. However as Anya Suriati was 9 years old, we could assume it is a permanent canine as the latter erupts around that age. We assume it is Anya Suriati’s as she was the only missing child filed.
An intriguing fact here is that Anya was only reported missing 4 months ago and yet her body has been fully decomposed. As discussed in the previous parts, decomposition depends on various factors.
For example, the temperature, humidity, insects and soil acidity can all speed up decomposition.

Evil Raccoon:


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