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Identifying Susan Lund with Laurah Norton

2023/11/29
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Laura Norton：我的工作重点是身份不明的死者案件，因为这些案件通常缺乏媒体关注。我致力于为这些案件争取更多关注，并协助解决这些案件。Fall Line 项目的目标是帮助那些没有得到足够媒体关注或持续媒体关注的案件中的受害者及其家人，特别是身份不明的死者案件。我们利用成员在档案研究和家庭治疗方面的技能来帮助解决案件并让家庭能够讲述他们的故事。解决身份不明的死者案件的方法因案情而异，需要灵活运用多种研究方法，包括常规方法（如NamUs和Charlie Project）以及对当地事件、人口流动和相似案件的调查。旧报纸中的寻人启事等信息也是重要的线索来源。调查身份不明的死者案件时，应该优先考虑可能性较大的情况，而不是直接假设是连环杀手所为。身份不明的死者遗体丢失通常并非由于故意破坏，而是由于记录丢失或错放。贫民墓地（indigent burial grounds）的记录经常丢失，这给身份识别带来了巨大挑战。由于数字化之前的记录管理方式，许多旧案卷存在丢失或损坏的情况。法医学人类学是一个不断发展的领域，重新分析旧案中的骨骼可以提供新的线索。每一个案件都是可以解决的，并且我总是以积极的心态来对待每一个案件。法医人类学家在处理遗体时，始终将重点放在人性和尊严上。研究人类遗骸时不能将骨骼与人性割裂开来。法医人类学家通常以尊重和谨慎的态度对待人类遗骸。人类遗体有时会以意想不到的方式出现在人类学实验室，这反映了遗骸管理方面存在的问题。分享身份不明的死者案件，无论通过何种渠道，对于案件的解决都至关重要。 Kristen Sevey: 对身份不明的死者案件的讨论，以及这些案件中涉及的挑战和解决方法。对法医学技术的进步以及其在破案中的作用的讨论。对受害者家属在寻找失踪亲属方面所做努力的讨论。对媒体报道在破案中的作用的讨论。对在处理身份不明的死者案件时，尊重受害者及其家属的重要性讨论。对在处理身份不明的死者案件时，需要多学科合作的重要性讨论。对在处理身份不明的死者案件时，需要耐心和毅力的讨论。

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Kristen Sevey introduces the podcast episode featuring Laura Norton and discusses her work on cold cases and unidentified persons cases.

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1992 - Clarksville, Tennessee.

On the evening of December 24, 1992, 25-year-old Susan Lund reportedly left her home for ingredients to make a pie. The young mother never returned home.

About a month later, female remains were located 300 miles away in Ina, Illinois, but investigators couldn't figure out who she was. 30 years later, the woman known only as Ina Jane Doe was finally identified as Susan Minard Lund. Susan's murder remains unsolved.

Laura Norton, host of The Fall Line and One Strange Thing podcast, spent more than a year working with and learning from forensic experts across the country as she collaborated with anthropologists, DNA experts, and investigative genetic genealogists to help identify Susan Lund.

Her new book, Lay Them to Rest, takes a fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science, and a personal look at the people behind the scenes working to solve decades old mysteries.

Today, Laurah joins me on Murder, She Told for a conversation about what it's like working to reconnect the names of the unidentified, how she approaches cold case and Jane Doe research, and what investigators need from you to help find Susan's killer.

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