CONFIRMATION OF THE IDENTITY OF HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS USING MULTIPLEX PCR AMPLIFICATION AND TYPING KITS

The identity of human skeletal remains found in a wooded area approxim ately one year after the person was reported missing was provisionally established by routine methods and circumstantial evidence. Multiplex PCR systems-the AmpfiType(R) PM PCR Amplification and Typing Kit and the GenePrint(TM) STR Tripler Amplification and Typing Kit-were used t o confirm the identification. DNA profiles from femur bone from the re mains were compared with profiles derived from head hairs from a hair- brush recovered in the missing woman's apartment. In addition, a sex t yping procedure using the X-Y homologous gene amelogenin was carried o ut. This is the first report of a case using commercially available mu ltiplex PCR amplification and typing kits to confirm the identity of s keletal remains.