- Title
- A multidisciplinary approach to locating clandestine gravesites in cold cases: Combining geographic profiling, LiDAR, and near surface geophysics
- Creator
- Berezowski, Victoria; Moffat, Ian; Shendryk, Yuri; MacGregor, Douglas; Ellis, Justin; Mallett, Xanthé
- Relation
- Forensic Science International: Synergy Vol. 5, no. 100281
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2022.100281
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- By nature, clandestine burials are difficult to locate, an issue that can complicate the legal process, and interrupt the natural grief process of the family. The purpose of this paper is to present a three-step process to search for clandestine graves using (1) geographic profiling, (2) light detection and ranging (LiDAR), and (3) near surface geophysics. Each process incrementally decreases the geographic area being searched, while increasing the level of detail provided to investigators. Using two well-known Australian cases and one experimental study, this paper will demonstrate how (1) can highlight potential search areas, (2) can further narrow down the location of potential burial sites within these search areas, and (3) can assist with locating the clandestine grave. Although each technique on its own can successfully locate graves, combining the techniques can provide the most efficient approach to locate those who are missing and buried.
- Subject
- forensic science; clandestine grave; geographic profiling; LiDAR; geophysics
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1446359
- Identifier
- uon:42844
- Identifier
- ISSN:2589-871X
- Rights
- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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