https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/ Recent content on Simon Crewe Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:22:44 +0000 https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/page/services/ Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:22:44 +0000 https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/page/services/ Bite Mark Analysis Age Estimation Disaster Victim Identification Expert Identification for the Courts Bite Mark Analysis Assailants occasionally leave tooth marks on their victims’ bodies. Unlike a bruise or ‘black eye’, there may be characteristics in the mark which can identify the assailant. There may be characteristics which can exclude other suspects. These marks change with time, and since especially in live victims, the first person to suspect a bite mark is never the odontologist, it is important to obtain a good undistorted photograph, with a scale clearly shown in the plane of the mark, as soon as possible. https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/post/the-case-of-the-faked-bite-mark/ Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:20:58 +0000 https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/post/the-case-of-the-faked-bite-mark/ It is not unknown for faked bite marks to reach court. A fictional example in the recent Wallace and Gromit film, A Matter of Loaf and Death, occurs when the Bake O Lite girl bites herself on the forearm, and has Gromit imprisoned for it. Gromit’s defence should have been able to show that the mark, although definitely caused by teeth, was not a dog bite and was in a position where it could have been self inflicted. https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/post/st-john-s-lake/ Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:17:31 +0000 https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/post/st-john-s-lake/ The story goes that one Sunday morning in the 1980s an embarrassed fisherman walked into Torpoint Police Station with a bulging Tesco carrier bag. In it was a mud-encrusted human skull, which he had found while digging for bait in St John’s lake. Overlooking the fact that such digging is forbidden, a discussion took place as to whether the exhibit should be treated as lost property or evidence of a murder. https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/post/what-is-a-forensic-odontologist/ Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:14:46 +0000 https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/post/what-is-a-forensic-odontologist/ A forensic odontologist is a dentist who specialises in interpreting dental evidence for the courts. In fact, most of the work done by these experts involves the identification of human remains; that is because, in many cases, the dental examination can give an indication of the age of the person at the time of death, which can help to reduce the number of missing persons being considered. Then, dental records of the missing persons are compared with the dental condition of the body and an identification may be confirmed. https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/page/about/ Fri, 03 Mar 2017 15:00:56 +0000 https://www.simoncrewe.co.uk/page/about/ I got into the subject by being my father’s ‘sidekick’ while I was at school. He was a consultant oral surgeon (nowadays known as maxillofacial surgeons), who was invited to give opinions on the facial injuries sustained by murder victims. The first case I remember was in the early 1970s in, which a bite mark on the face of the victim had subsequently been divided by a knife-cut. Then, in 1976, a storm at sea delivered (eventually) the bodies of some yachtsmen who were identified by their dental records (transmitted by telex from Switzerland).