The head of the Forensic Anthropology Research Group, Alicia Lusiardo, confirmed that the bones will allow the height, sex and age range of the person to be determined.
The head of the team of anthropologists working with the new remains found in the Battalion 14Alicia Lusiardo, He confirmed that it will soon be possible to determine the height, sex and age range of the person from the bones, which “are in very good condition.”
A week after the new discovery in the Toledo Battalion 14 —a few meters from where the body was found Amelia Sanjurjo—, The team of anthropologists continues the identification protocol. In this regard, Lusiardo explained to Subrayado that this Wednesday the remains were taken to the facilities of the Forensic Technical Institute (ITF) to take X-rays, and then, back in the laboratory, cleaning and storage work began.
This final step will take about two weeks, he said.
The x-rays, Meanwhile, they are carried out by protocol: “They give us very important elements when looking for radiopaque elements that may respond to some ballistic element, “that may be there or in the sediment,” Lusiardo explained, adding that they also look for injuries “that may have occurred during the life of the individual.”
The good news is that the “good condition” of the recovered bones will allow us to know the height, sex and age range of the person, which could facilitate the identification process“In a couple of weeks they could be conditioned and then we will select what will be sampled to send to the laboratory in Córdoba for genetic comparison,” said the head of the team of anthropologists.
The discovery of the remains
The new bone remains were found on July 30, less than 200 meters from the place where, at the beginning of June last year, those of Amelia Sanjurjo, The young woman who disappeared because of the dictatorship while she was pregnant.
The episode occurred after the arduous work of Forensic Anthropology Research Group (GIAF) and earlier than expected, since work was scheduled to resume in August.
The bones were covered with lime and, “since this was a long-standing clandestine burial on military property, with associated material intended for cadaveric disintegration, with human bone remains that present peri-mortem trauma at the level of the cervical spine as a result of violence that may be related to the cause of death,” —according to the report read on the day of the discovery by Lusiardo— there is practically no doubt that this is another person murdered and disappeared by the last military dictatorship.
Source: Ambito
