Skeleton Found on Phuket Beach, Possibly an Indonesian Man

Parts of a human skeleton were found on a beach in Wichit with authorities also finding a wallet possibly identifying the deceased as a young Indonesian fisherman.

The Wichit Police were notified of the skeleton on Sunday (July 28th) on a beach at the Din Sor Cape on the Bo Rae-Khao Khad Road. They and medical staffers from the Vachira Phuket Hospital arrived at the beach shortly after the alert.

The skeleton remains were part of a human pelvis and upper leg bones. A doctor believes that the remains was a man. He died at least eight weeks before his remains were found. However, his age is unable to be identified.

Fifty meters from the scene police found a wallet. Inside, they found the identification card of a citizen from Aceh province, Indonesia, and a licensed fisherman card. Those cards identified the suspect as Mr. MUZAKKIR, Date of birth 05-03-1996.

The full name of the victim was withheld.

Police are continuing their investigation to identify the body and are contacting the Indonesian embassy to work on contacting possible relatives. They are also still investigating what led to the death of the victim.

Skeleton Found on Phuket Beach, Possibly an Indonesian Man - The Phuket Express

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The skeleton remains were part of a human pelvis and upper leg bones. A doctor believes that the remains was a man. He died at least eight weeks before his remains were found. However, his age is unable to be identified.

Nonsense!

Forensic Researchers Find Femur Offers Insight Into Age of Deceased
January 23, 2018 Matt Shipman 3-min. read

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Forensic researchers at North Carolina State University have found a more accurate way to assess an individual’s age at death, based on the bone mineral density of the femur. The technique could be used to help identify human remains.

“Current techniques for assessing an individual’s age at death rely on reviewing the wear and tear on a skeleton’s joint surfaces,” says Ann Ross, a professor of biological sciences at NC State and corresponding author of a paper on the work. “But there is a lot of variability there, based on an individual’s lifestyle and how a forensic practitioner interprets those skeletal features. Depending on the method being used, current approaches could list a deceased individual in his or her 40s as being anywhere from 27 to 70 years old.

“However, bone mineral content and density increase as we grow, then decline at a fairly steady rate once we reach adulthood – making it a potentially useful way of assessing age,” Ross says.

While using bone mineral density to assess age is a concept that’s been around for several years, the NC State team has found a way to fine-tune the practice.

Specifically, the researchers found that assessing bone mineral density at the neck of the femur provided the best sampling data for determining age.

In a study assessing the remains of 33 men and eight women, the researchers found that bone mineral density could be used to determine age within a 13-year margin of error.

“This, in itself, is a step in the right direction,” Ross says. “But we think the method could be made even more accurate if we were able to significantly increase the sample size, including more women and more representatives from each age group.”

The researchers found no significant difference between men and women based on the bone mineral density of the femur. However, they did find difference between sexes in the density of the skull.

The researchers think the skull is better for assessing sex because it’s not a load-bearing bone, meaning it is subject to fewer outside forces – allowing forensic practitioners to detect bone mineral density differences that result from an individual’s biological sex.

“However, while promising, we didn’t have a large enough sample size to draw firm conclusions about using bone mineral density to determine sex – that would require a larger study,” Ross says.

The paper, “Biological sex variation in bone mineral density in the cranium and femur,” is published in the journal Science & Justice. First author of the paper is Anna Paschall, a former undergraduate and Park Scholar at NC State.

That’s one study, you joker. Not yet confirmed and obviously not available to every country doctor looking at a newly decomposed corpse.