ThelmaLouise
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FWIW (I'm not an expert in forensic anthropology in any way, shape or form), but the skull is made up of 22 bones....fairly small and thin.....I wouldn't expect these to really be intact.
Also, I believe it was the humerus that was somewhat intact (although warped by the heat), not the radius.....
You bring up an interesting point though....the femur....being the largest bone....don't recall any testimony about them.....so you may be onto something? It does seem like they tried to clean out the incinerator, but obviously didn't do such a great job....maybe the location of these more intact bones were due to them being in a more difficult location to clean out?
Correct about the humerus. Since I was paying half attention, I guess I am not wording my questions correctly. What you stated about the bones being in a more difficult location, ...that is what I was gearing towards. If they found the humerus intact, then there is possibly some other bones also intact, that might of been carried out elsewhere. It almost sounds like DM might of been spooked off while cleaning out the incinerator. Maybe headlights pulled in the drive, or he heard something that made the job a rush. After all, it seems like the 'sleepy' farm property, wasn`t all that sleepy.
Yes the skull is many bones fused, but from previous self-education, when those bones are fractured or broken, they tend to follow certain fault lines because the skull is not uniform in thickness. I guess I had the thought of missing bones, and what pieces might still be intact ? A possible skull piece with evidence of a bullet exiting would of answered some questions about the events of the actual shooting, I imagine. Also anything like a femur or rib might of answered some thoughts about how humane his death may of been. Sorry ahead of time for any visuals.
Since the testimony today from Dr.Rogers states that she was trying to give as many cremains as possible back to the Bosma family, I guess what they found in the incinerator, is all they found ? Or not ?