TY - JOUR AU - Robinson, Liam AU - Sykes, Leanne M AU - Bernitz, Herman PY - 2020/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The case of three burials - A forensic case book JF - South African Dental Journal JA - S. Afr. dent. j. VL - 75 IS - 8 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.17159/2519-0105/2020/v75no8a5 UR - https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sadj/article/view/10581 SP - 445-449 AB - <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em>The details of this case have been omitted in order to maintain anonymity.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">An elderly male was reported missing from his home by his family. Initially, an inquiry and missing person's docket was opened. On investigation, several suspicious findings, along with other emerging evidence led to the case being changed into one of kidnapping.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Unbeknown to the investigating officers, around the same time a body had been found buried in a shallow grave about 200 kilometers from the missing person's home&nbsp;<em>(First burial).&nbsp;</em>The body had been taken to the state mortuary were a post-mortem was performed. At that stage there was no connection made to the missing person's case and after the body remained unclaimed, the corpse was given a pauper's funeral&nbsp;<em>(Second burial).</em></span></p> ER -