Question

After you have completed your inspection and assessment of the skeletal remains, the police have provided you with descriptions of the three missing persons they have been investigating. Based on your findings, which of the three individuals listed below could you safely eliminate as a positive identification?

A)Anthony Woods - A 45 year old, African American male, standing 6'0 tall.
B)Amie Woods - A 55 year old, American male, standing 4'0 tall.
C)Anyie Woods - A 65 year old, African male, standing 5'0 tall.
D)Claura Woods - A 25 year old, African American female, standing 6'0 tall.

Answer 1

Annie Woods, a 65-year-old African male standing 5'0 tall, can be safely eliminated as an identification based on the age criteria of the skeletal remains.

Step-by-step explanation:

To answer which of the three missing individuals could be safely eliminated as an identification based on the skeletal remains, a forensic anthropologist would utilize their expertise to provide an approximation of the individual's age, sex, race, and height.

Considering the ages and heights of the individuals found in the graves:

• Child aged five to six years
• Two children between seven and twelve
• Two adolescents between twelve and twenty
• Three individuals aged twenty to thirty
• Four aged between thirty to forty

The provided missing persons descriptions are:

1. Anthony Woods - A 45-year-old, African American male, standing 6'0 tall.
2. Amie Woods - A 55-year-old, American male, standing 4'0 tall.
3. Anyie Woods - A 65-year-old, African male, standing 5'0 tall.
4. Claura Woods - A 25-year-old, African American female, standing 6'0 tall.

Based on the findings, you can eliminate both Amie Woods and Anyie Woods, as the skeletons recovered do not match their age criteria. However, the most clearly eliminable individual is Anyie Woods given the distinct disparity in age; there are no individuals of a corresponding age (65 years old) among the remains that have been found.