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Zone: 3 PAGE: B5 Typesetter: GUSS50BQueue: 68 Date: 23:44 Plate: CMYK CMYK 3 THEHARTFORDCOURANT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER11, 2006 B5 Haymarket Square 1704 Boston Road Springfield, MA 413.543.4642 Across from the Eastfield Mall Rays of Hope Charity Event BARE NECESSITIES is proud to donate OF OUR SALES on this date to Rays of Hope Saturday, October 14 TH Rays of Hope helps to fund programming and research at the Comprehensive Breast Center at Baystate Medical Center. Dream Tisha Bra byLe Mystere BARE NECESSITIES Buy 3 Get a 4 TH FREE! ALLBras, ALL Shapewear ALLPanties Come in for Your FREE Bra Fit Intervention! Take off pounds and inches Look years younger feel fabulous Bra sizes 32A to 52J in stock Expert Bra Fitters always available No appointment necessary! Lowest priced item free. Offer valid 10.14.06 only. MON WED 10am- 8pm THURS FRI 10am- 9pm SAT10am- 8 pm SUN Noon- 5pm ORTHOPEDICSURGEON howDr.DuacanconnectyoutothehealthservicesofferedatECHN, AWelcomeChoice staff.Dr.Duaisboardcertifiedinorthopedicsurgery andfellowshiptrainedunderC.S.RanawatatLenox After an initial visual examination, the chief medical examiner has concluded that a skull found by hunters in Haddam Neck on Monday isprobably that of a white male who was between 35 and 45 years old. H.

Wayne Carver II said Tuesday that he based his preliminary findings on the size, shape and condition of the skull, which is missing its lower jaw, but that he planned to send it to a forensic anthropologist for more in-depth investigation. the early stage, all visual and based on having done this many, many times said Carver. can look at a picture of someone, even a black and white picture, and I can tell sex, race and approximate age. For me, the same thing with a skull is usually larger than a he said. The male facial area is larger and the brow ridge more pronounced.

The larger male skull requires more muscular support to hold upright, so the bone in the back, where support muscles attach, is usually rougher. Carver concluded the skull probably belonged to a white man of European ancestry, he said. Race is a concept that is based in the biology of our ancestors, with groups passing on particular genetic traits that are expressed in bone, he said. Fissures in the skull help determine the age of an adult skull, Carver said. A skull whole, but is actually made up of plates, he said.

This allows a child to survive its journey through the birth canal. As a person ages, the skull gradually fuses into one bone. Carver did an initial review of the teeth, which he said were in poor condition for a man of his age and ancestry.That could help identify him, but Carversaid it appear the man had undergone a lot of dental work, so dental records might not be available for comparison. State police spokesman Paul Vance said the skull, which was found in a muddy, wooded marsh on Cove Peninsula in Haddam Neck, did not yield any obvious clues about how the man might have died, the time of death or where the rest of his skeleton might be. Vance said detectives would use information while searching through the files of state missing persons reports.

The state police will reach out to other nearbypolice agencies for information about unsolved missing person cases, Vance said. Specialists in forensic anthropology say detectives have good reason to hope they may get more information to help them narrow their search even further, perhaps enough so they can identify the man through DNA testing. Henry Lee, the world renowned forensic investigator, said DNA from the skull, if it can be removed, could be compared to a DNA database of missing persons and mined for more detailed information about the ancestry and health. Complex and often expensive testing of any enamel that remains on the teeth might tell a detective where the man spent the first few years of his life, while bone tests might show where the man lived over the last decade, said David Hunt, forensic anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution and on- call anthropologist for the Washington, D.C., police department. The condition of the skull itself can tell a savvy investigator alot, said Leslie Eisenberg, a forensic anthropologist who works for the Wisconsin Historical Society by day and consults for police departments on the side.

This particular skull was found lying on its side, half submerged. A detective might get an idea of how long the skull had been there by comparing the exposed half, which the sun would have bleached out over time, to the submerged half, Eisenberg noted. The boggy setting might inhibit some aspects of police investigation, because seasonal floods might havewashedaway clues, but it might help in others, Hunt said. Swamp plants growing on top of or through the skull could indicate how long the skull had been there. Contact Penelope Overton at Officials Study Skull Found In Swamp Clues Sought In Death By PENELOPE OVERTON COURANT STAFF WRITER CONNECTICUT Areawide meetings are available to families and friends of people who have a problem with drinking alcohol.

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