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| DEM651202 December 02, 1965; Kent County | |
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Status Unidentified Case number 65-722 Date found December 02, 1965 at 12:00 PM DE State Medical Examiners Ofc 302-577-3420 White 35 to 55 YO skull only, no mandible Delaware Bay shoreline Kent County approximately two miles north of Woodland Beach "Complete atraumatic human skull without mandible found by two hunters on shoreline. --"It is excellently preserved and is filled with grass-blades, probably introduced by nesting animal and contains some sand although far less that it would if it had been buried in sand. The fact that is was found by hunters, isolated, separated from the rest of the body, suggests decomposition elsewhere, perhaps in Delaware Bay (depending on currents) and deposited on the shore by waves and wind. The lack of mineral staining on this skull, usual in skulls under water in a quiet spot, fits this guess. (excerpt from letter to Delaware State Police from Ali Z. Hameli, M.D., Delaware State Medical Examiner dated 122965." --Excerpt from Anthropology Report; Middle-aged Male Caucasian. Skull is "long and ellipsoid with broad forehead, high face, prominent nose and rather compressed cheek bones". J. Lawrence Angel, Curator-in-charge, Division of Physical Anthropology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC. Dated 12-21-65. Excerpt from Anthropology Report; "Only five teeth have dropped out after death. None were lost in life and the seven carious teeth are filled and properly cared for (except where fillings have dropped out after death). Teeth are fairly large and the first molars have a Carabelli cusp, frequent in the white race. There is little tartar. J. Lawrence Angel, Curator-in-charge, Division of Physical Anthropology. Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC. Dated 12-21-65. https://identifyus.org/cases/8123 |
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