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Decades later, what do we know about the assassinations of John F. Kennedy,
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Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.? What facts do we have, for certain, regarding Watergate? In this issue, Edward J. Primeau, who will be speaking at the ES23 conference August 6-8, sheds lights on these major historical events through forensics. Unlike other attempts to interpret the missing pieces in these cases,
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Primeau focuses on acoustic evidence: what it is, what it does, and how it can be
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applied to the field of forensics. From there, we turn to an examination of the skeletal
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remains of Ubagesner Chaves Sosa and Fernando Miranda, victims of a dictatorial regime in Uruguay. Through the work of Horacio E. Solla, Mehmet Yasar Iscan, and Barbara McCabe, we see how forensic scientists contribute to human rights cases.
Fernando Miranda: Victims of a Dictatorial Regime in U...
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This article uses four major United States historical events to explore and apply forensic science and its progress regarding acoustical forensic evidence. The learning
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objectives in the following article are to help the reader better understand the role of Acoustical Evidence for gunshot assessment as well as the overall concept of acoustical forensic evidence.The author has chosen four major historical events of the 20th century that have been the objects of conspiracy theorists and provided the historical foundations of each event, followed by a discussion of the use of acoustical forensic evidence for each event. Serving as case studies for the following paper are
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Mr. Primeau, founder and CEO of Primeau Forensics, Limited and author of That's Not My Voice! has been practicing audio and video forensics for 30 years. He is a member of AES, ACFEI, and IAI and is a Certified Criminal Investigator (CCI) and a Certified Forensic Consultant (CFC), as well as a member of the American Board of Recorded Evidence with the American College of Forensic Examiners International.
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Skeletal Remains of Ubagesner Chaves Sosa and Fernando Miranda: Victims of a Dictatorial Regime in Uruguay By:
Horacio E. Solla, PhD Mehmet Yașar Îșcan, PhD Barbara McCabe, BA
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team was supported by forensic scientists of the Judicial Morgue of Montevideo and members of the Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense. Two nearly complete skeletons were recovered and identified. A left radius, representing a third individual, was also found inside the 13th Infantry Headquarters. Presented here is the study of
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the forensic anthropological identification of missing skeletal remains and skullphotograph superimposition assisted by the computer of Ubagesner Chaves Sosa and Fernando Miranda, both members of the Communist Bureau of Uruguay.
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About the Authors Horacio E. Solla, PhD received his graduate degree in Anthropological Sciences in 1991 from the University of the Republic, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Uruguay. He has made many post- graduate degree courses in forensic anthropology from 1992 to 1995, the last one in 2003 dictated by Dr. Douglas H. Ubelaker of the Smithsonian Institution. He has received a Certificate of Inclusion in 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century (First Edition) in Honor of an Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Forensic Anthropology in Uruguay as Founder of Forensic Anthropology in that country. He has a Master Degree in Human Sciences by the University of the Republic, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences. He also has received a Doctorate Degree (PhD) from the International Atlantic University and a Degree of Merit by the International Biographical Institute at Cambridge, England (2001). He has published more than sixty scientific papers and three books. Dr. Solla is member of the Uruguayan Society of History of the Medicine, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American College of Forensic Examiners and the Spanish College of Forensic Experts. He was Curator at the National Museum of Anthropology (1990-1992), Assistant of Physical Anthropology at the University of the Republic, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Uruguay (1989-1995) and Forensic Anthropologist at the National Institute of Criminology (1992-1995). Presently, he has a full time position as Forensic Anthropologist at the Judicial Morgue of Montevideo city (Supreme Court of Justice) where he has solved more than 1000 forensic anthropology cases and identified more than two hundred missing persons skeletal remains and is teaching forensic anthropology at the Catholic University of Uruguay. He also has worked as advisory forensic anthropologist in several important privates cases.
Mehmet Yașar Îșcan, PhD received his doctorate from Cornell University. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, was a professor at
credit to our members to meet their licensing and re-certification needs. We will be offering courses totaling over 60 clock hours of NBCC credit. This a great opportunity for our members in the mental health field to obtain needed NBCC clock hours. This opportunity is available to ACFEI members. ACFEI is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCCapproved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. For a fee of $5.00 per clockcredit hour our members will now have the opportunity to not only receive the ACFEI credit for approved CE courses completed but they can also obtain a certificate of completion for NBCC clock hours of credit. By simply going on to the CE online catalog, members will see a new tab labeled NBCCApproved CE'S. Our members then know that those courses will be qualified to meet the NBCC standards for clock hours of
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Sciences. His work had appeared in many specialized journals. One of Dr. Iscan's most noteworthy books is 'The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine', which he coauthored with Wilton Marion Krogman.
Barbara McCabe, BA graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor's Degree in anthropology, and attended Florida Atlantic University as a graduate student under Dr. Mehmet Yasar Iscan. McCabe has published papers on the effects of animals on human remains and the human skeletal system. She is interested
receive a certificate of completion noting the number of NBCC clock hours received for the course completion. We look forward to offering more of these types of continuing education opportunities to our members in the future and if you wish to author an article for
in human dentition, occupational stress, and skeletal trauma caused by animal attacks.
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