FORENSIC ANALYSIS- BITE MARK by Charlize Ramey https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh en-us 2019-11-06 18:14:55 UTC 2025-12-23 22:02:40 UTC hello@padlet.com USES AND METHODOLOGY charlizeramey https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407636672 - bite marks may be found on the flesh of victims of a violent attack, usually on stomach or buttocks
- sometimes the bite mark of a victim on the suspect during self-defense
-odontologists can attempt to "match" the bite mark to the suspect's teeth
- no real scientific support or research into the accuracy or reliability of bite mark evidence
-extremely difficult to accurately investigate
- victims of violent crimes can suffer multiple injuries, what looks like a bite can actually be an unrelated injury
- human skin elastic and can deform from a bite
- use pictures to compare a person's dental impression to bite mark on the victim]]> 2019-11-06 18:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407636672 DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCES THROUGHOUT HISTORY charlizeramey https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407643265 -analysis is the bulk of forensic odontologist's work
- process involves answering basic, crucial questions (pattern injury is a human bite mark)
- every bite mark and produce a large amount of information
- non dental evidence such as position of the biter, self-inflicted, relation of the time of death
- battery versus aggravated battery
- adult versus child bites
- identification of the upper and lower arches\
- possibility of self-infliction
- dental models and overlays for purposes of determining whenever a suspect can be eliminated for a possible perpetrators ]]> 2019-11-06 18:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407643265 HOW THIS TYPE OF ANALYSIS WAS USED IN A SPECIFIC CASE charlizeramey https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407648426 - Ted Bundy
- killed two female students at Florida State University
- January 15, 1978
- Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy bludgeoned to death in their sorority house 
- Levy had double bite mark on her left buttocks
- Killer torn at her buttocks with his teeth
- four distinct rows of marks
- board was a photo of bite marks, put on transparent sheet that showed Bundy's teeth
-exact match]]> 2019-11-06 18:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407648426 STRENGTHS VS LIMITATIONS charlizeramey https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407651858 STRENGTHS: 
-bite is unique
-can use to see victims bite mark on suspect and vise versa
-can match teeth to murder
-shows where they could have bitten at
-shows if victim fought back with bite mark on murderer
LIMITATIONS:
- not sure if wound is bite mark
-body can change and bite mark can change
- skin is elastic and can change
- can't be matched up like DNA evidence ]]> 2019-11-06 18:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407651858 WORKS CITED charlizeramey https://padlet.com/charlizeramey/l9pbi0jaoxuh/wish/407655308 “Bite Mark Evidence.” California Innocence Project, californiainnocenceproject.org/issues-we-face/bite-mark-evidence/.
“The Famous Bitemark Case - Ted Bundy- the Final Bitemark.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/tedbundythelastbitemark/the-famous-bitemark-case.

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