California’s bone hunters, forensic experts who are veterans of disaster, sift through Maui’s burnfields for the missing dead. 'We owe it to the families.'
Over a week after fire incinerated Lahaina, locals are pressing for a return to work as they seek some sense of normalcy.Some parts of the skeleton are likely to yield more DNA than others. Thicker bones, like the femur and humerus, tend to better withstand heat. Bones around the torso — the lower spine and pelvis area — are more protected by tissues, fats and muscles that are good for DNA sampling.
A sample — a tiny fragment of bone or an oral swab — is put into a chip a little bigger than a computer hard drive, which is then inserted into a black box that is an air compressor and computer that performs data interpretation. Within 96 minutes, the system can develop a DNA profile. A missing-person flyer for Joseph “Lomsey” Lara is posted on the door of a business in a shopping mall in Lahaina, Hawaii. Forensics experts are trying to identify remains found after the Maui wildfires.Collecting a DNA sample is a straightforward process, requiring a simple buccal swab rubbing a Q tip six times on the inside of each cheek.
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