Forensic analysis of incinerated human remains using anthropological and genetic approaches

Resumen

We present the "Mariachi case" which is a representative case with a
history of incineration, referring to a victim of Feminicide, who entered
Forensic Research Isntituto (IDIF) at La Paz, Bolivia, presenting remains
composed of ashes and few fragments of barely analysable bones, whose
identification was not possible using method of Legal Medicine; a study model was applied, proposed by the Forensic Anthropology and Genetics Laboratory, through trials in 54 cases analyzed during 2007 to 2017.

We propose suggestions for the systematization of the study and the approach in cases of incinerated human remains, which begins with the joint assessment of the samples under the criteria of Anthropology and Genetics, where the result of the process lies in the search and selection of the sample analyzable that provides the possibility of establishing the genetic profile; likewise, the selected sample(s) must provide information related to the identification quatrain, whose goal is to know their identity and other aspects related to their death.

Keywords: Incinerated human remains,

protocol, criteria, characteristics,
genome, autosomal DNA, genetic profile