Forensic Sciences Research, Volume. 9, Issue 3, owae032(2024)

Moving from the unknown to the known: a multidisciplinary approach to the identification of skeletal remains from Sandy Point, Australia

Soren Blau1,2、*, Dadna Hartman1,2, April Stock1, Fiona Leahy1, Jodie Leditschke1,2, Lyndall Smythe1,2, Noel Woodford1,2, and Samantha Rowbotham1,2
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  • 1Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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    Location of Shallow Inlet, ∼25 m from the Sandy Point coastline, near Wilsons Promontory, southeast of Melbourne, Australia.
    Calibrations of (A) the tooth sample using the Southern Hemisphere bomb pulse dataset for zones 1–2 [14] and (B) the femur cortical bone sample using atmospheric data [16].
    Building of a family tree for the identification of “Sandy Point skeleton”. 1C1R: first cousin once removed; 1C2R: first cousin twice removed; 1C3R: first cousin three times removed.
    Photograph of Christoper Moore and his wife Elizabeth. Image courtesy of Gretta Hope.
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    Soren Blau, Dadna Hartman, April Stock, Fiona Leahy, Jodie Leditschke, Lyndall Smythe, Noel Woodford, Samantha Rowbotham. Moving from the unknown to the known: a multidisciplinary approach to the identification of skeletal remains from Sandy Point, Australia[J]. Forensic Sciences Research, 2024, 9(3): owae032

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Mar. 10, 2024

    Accepted: Jun. 14, 2024

    Published Online: Sep. 22, 2025

    The Author Email: Soren Blau (soren.blau@vifm.org)

    DOI:10.1093/fsr/owae032

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