LTFO take DNA from all the victims – Parool.nl

LTFO take DNA from all the victims – Parool.nl

31-07-14 15:45 – Source: Reuters

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Jan Grower, of the National Team of Forensic Detections (LTFO) © Reuters

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The National Forensic Investigation Team (LTFO) take DNA from all the plane crash victims recovered. Even when they identify a simpler way, eg via a recognizable tattoo or noticeable scar. That left a spokesman LTFO know Thursday. “DNA analysis we always do. We can do it only once, so we check and double check everything. “

From each victim is a piece of muscle, bone, and a complete tooth pick or decreased. Teeth in the DNA because the best protection against outside influences. Samples are taken to the Dutch Forensic Institute (NFI) in The Hague, on that basis prepare a DNA profile of each victim.

The NFI also receives the DNA samples of close family of the victims: parents, children, brothers or sisters Family detectives have this DNA taken from them by ironing with a small brush along the inside of their cheek

utensils ..
In many cases, the NFI receives a third survey item:. a utensil in which the victims have ever left behind, such as a toothbrush, a razor blade or a hairbrush their DNA, the researchers must then be assured that the DNA present not is from someone else who has ever used toiletries.

Match
Also the “family DNA” and “utensil-DNA ‘, a profile is created . All profiles are stored in the dedicated computer Bonaparte. Does the victim’s DNA matches the DNA object, then there is a match. In addition, the program calculates whether the victim DNA sufficiently similar to the family DNA: how naaster the family, the more it seems to DNA together. When a corpse is made up of several parts, each part of the body decreased DNA and compared to avoid. Permutations

Despite thorough DNA testing, a person is not only identified based on the DNA, emphasizes the NFI. That only happens when all the different identification studies have been made, such as fingerprints, dental status, DNA, scars, birthmarks and tattoos may be side by side. Only when everything indicates that it is one and the same person, then get the corpse a name.