Forensic Anthropology Case Team

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2014-05-01

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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement

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FACT serves the Ohio community by assisting law enforcement agencies in searching for, recovering, and identifying human remains. The team comprises faculty and graduate students possessing a high level of scientific competence and ethical standing while promoting the highest quality of professional and personal conduct. FACT facilitates training programs for medicolegal, law enforcement, and search and rescue professionals. The team engages in outreach to dispel myths about forensic science and mentors students interested in forensic science.

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IMPACT. 1: FACT offers, at no charge, scientific expertise to the community in archaeological field methods and osteological laboratory methods to help resolve medicolegal death investigations. -- 2. FACT provides team members with opportunities for professional development, improving leadership and transdisciplinary team-based skills, and applying advanced training in anthropology and anatomy received from OSU. -- 3. In 2013, FACT participated in 12 cases across the state, including the search for War of 1812 soldiers buried in Fort Jennings, by using ground-penetrating radar.
OSU PARTNERS: Department of Anthropology; Department of Public Safety; Division of Anatomy
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Academy of Pharmacy of Central Ohio; Belmont County Sherriff's Office; Clark County Coroner's Office; Clark County Sherriff's Office; Columbus Police Department; Franklin County Coroner's Office; K9 Response Search and Rescue; Lima Police Department; Mansfield Police Department; Mount Tabor Cemetery Association; Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification; Ohio State Chapter of Sigma Xi; Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.; PAST Innovation Lab; Perry County Sherriff's Office; Powell Police Department; Search and Rescue Ohio; Six River Valley Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Ohio; Upper Arlington Citizen Police Academy; Village of Fort Jennings; Westerville Police Department
PRIMARY CONTACT: Adam Kolatorowicz (Kolatorowicz.1@osu.edu)

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Engaged Scholars, v. 2 (2014).