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SCF060820 Human skull; Mount Pleasant, SC
Topic Started: Aug 22 2006, 04:45 PM (237 Views)
Ell
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Lowcountry family finds skull while boating
Associated Press
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - A family out fishing has found a skull near the Wando Bridge, authorities say.

The skull found Sunday afternoon is human and did not appear to have suffered any trauma, but officials don't know how long it had been there. Testing on the remains will take at least a week, Charleston County Deputy Coroner Dottie Lindsay said.

The couple was boating with their two sons, ages 10 and 11, when the husband saw a dark object on the shore he first thought was an anchor, according to a police report.

But when they got closer, the man realized it was a skull and used a life preserver to move it further up the bank so it wouldn't wash away with the rising tide, police said.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/15329357.htm
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Case Report - NamUs UP # 8421
Case Information
Status Unidentified
Case number 2006A00001
Date found August 20, 2006 11:29
Date created January 19, 2011 10:53
Date last modified April 03, 2012 09:03
Date QA reviewed January 20, 2011 05:04
Local Medical Examiner/Coroner Contact
Agency Charleston Cnty Coroners Ofc
Phone 843-746-4030
Case Manager
Name Rae Wooten
Phone 843.746.4030
Demographics
Estimated age Adult - Pre 30
Minimum age 14 years
Maximum age 19 years
Race Unsure
Ethnicity
Sex Female
Weight (pounds) , Cannot Estimate
Height (inches) , Cannot Estimate
Body Parts Inventory (Check all that apply)
All parts recovered
Head not recovered
Torso not recovered
One or more limbs not recovered
One or both hands not recovered
Notes on body parts recovered
FORDISC and morphology suggest mixed black/white traits
Body conditions
Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

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Probable year of death to
Estimated postmortem interval Years

Circumstances
Location Found
GPS coordinates
Address 1 Wando Bridge
Address 2
City Mount Pleasant
State South Carolina
Zip code
County Charleston
Circumstances of death
Human skull found near bridge
Published on 08/22/06 in the Post & Courier
Staff report
MOUNT PLEASANT — A family on a fishing excursion Sunday afternoon found a human skull near the base of the Wando Bridge, authorities said.

The Charleston County Coroner's Office confirmed the skull was human, but did not know how long it had been there. Testing was expected to take at least a week, Deputy Coroner Dottie Lindsay said. An initial inspection did not reveal any obvious signs of trauma.

A Mount Pleasant couple and their two sons, ages 10 and 11, were in their small boat when the husband spotted a black object on the shoreline around 2 p.m., according to a police report. At first he thought it was an anchor.

After calling 911, the husband scooped up the skull with a life preserver and moved it farther up the bank so the rising tide would not carry it away, the report states. The family met Mount Pleasant police officers at Remley's Point boat landing and took them back to the spot.




Physical
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No other distinctive body features
Distinctive features as described below

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and aids
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physical characteristics

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Organ absent
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information

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RT
LT
Comments
no hands recovered

Clothing and Accessories
No clothing or accessories

Dental
Dental information / charting is below

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X-Rays available
Models available
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One or more teeth present

Upper jaw present

Lower jaw not present

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Upper Right 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Upper Left
n n n n n p p p p p p p p n n n
Lower Right Lower Left
32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17

N
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Natural tooth, no filling
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Filling, inlay, onlay, or veneer
C
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Crown or cap
B
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Bridge work
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Root canal
A
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Antemortem loss (healed socket)
P
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Postmortem loss (open socket)
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Impacted
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Other features (describe in dental comments)
Comments unerupted 1, 16

DNA

Complete and entered below
Type mtDNA nucDNA Y-STR
Location University of North Texas
Describe location
Reference # 06-4664
Lab ORI TX220035Y
Comments full mtDNA profile uploaded to national CODIS for searching; no nuclear STRs after multiple attempts
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