Essay 2
Question 2: Visit your local library or surf the internet for famous criminal cases involving
forensic odontology. Discuss the facts of the case and how forensic odontology contributed
to the conviction of the perpetrator.
Forensic odontology is one of the fields of forensic investigations that help in
determining the verdict of various cases in history to present. One of the questions as to why the
teeth are used and not any other bone rise all the time, and there are various scientific studies that
justify the use of the teeth to identify individuals’ unique characteristics. To start with, the bones
in the body have a regeneration characteristic in which they grow again and can change over
time. This is not the case with the teeth in the sense that if they are completely grown, there are
no chances of regeneration and growing or healing after they have been hurt. This makes the
teeth one of the best bones in the human body that have unique characteristics all along.
A famous case is that of Linda Peacock named the Bigger Murder case. In this case, the
crime took place at Bigger Scotland in the year 1967, and the lifeless body of Linda was found in
a cemetery with evidence of struggling to death. It is at this point that investigations were
launched to ascertain the cause of her death. However, the investigators were only able to
identify a bite on her left breast as the only lead to identify the murderer. Earlier that day, Linda
had met Hey who could later be charged with her murder, and they became friends from then.
With only a bite on the breast, the investigators were not able to use any other evidence to arrest
the perpetrator but solely rely on the breast bite to identify the killer.
The use of the breast bite as the only evidence, therefore, was paramount, and Warren
Harvey was of critical importance. In the decision, Hay was judged of murder, and due to his
Question 2: Visit your local library or surf the internet for famous criminal cases involving
forensic odontology. Discuss the facts of the case and how forensic odontology contributed
to the conviction of the perpetrator.
Forensic odontology is one of the fields of forensic investigations that help in
determining the verdict of various cases in history to present. One of the questions as to why the
teeth are used and not any other bone rise all the time, and there are various scientific studies that
justify the use of the teeth to identify individuals’ unique characteristics. To start with, the bones
in the body have a regeneration characteristic in which they grow again and can change over
time. This is not the case with the teeth in the sense that if they are completely grown, there are
no chances of regeneration and growing or healing after they have been hurt. This makes the
teeth one of the best bones in the human body that have unique characteristics all along.
A famous case is that of Linda Peacock named the Bigger Murder case. In this case, the
crime took place at Bigger Scotland in the year 1967, and the lifeless body of Linda was found in
a cemetery with evidence of struggling to death. It is at this point that investigations were
launched to ascertain the cause of her death. However, the investigators were only able to
identify a bite on her left breast as the only lead to identify the murderer. Earlier that day, Linda
had met Hey who could later be charged with her murder, and they became friends from then.
With only a bite on the breast, the investigators were not able to use any other evidence to arrest
the perpetrator but solely rely on the breast bite to identify the killer.
The use of the breast bite as the only evidence, therefore, was paramount, and Warren
Harvey was of critical importance. In the decision, Hay was judged of murder, and due to his
