Typically, medicalexaminers or other forensic experts would start with a person's family, asking relatives if they know the person's dentist, Bernstein said.
Abizaid's panel considered and rejected a large-scale reorganization of the mortuary that would have put the Army medicalexaminers and Air Force morticians under a single commander.
The two American medicalexaminers issued separate opinions agreeing with a Singaporean pathologist's original autopsy finding that Mr. Todd had died from "asphyxia due to hanging" after they reviewed three pathological reports at the request of Singaporean authorities, Mr. Tai said.
Medicalexaminers determined that Byrd died from a stab wound to the neck and officially ruled her death a homicide in the chilling case, which came to light when a neighbor's dog sniffed out one of the bags early Tuesday on a Bronx street.