Forensic Dentistry Solves Cases, 
Highlights Savagery of Rape

by Brad Parker

The science of Forensic Dentistry is credited with solving a recent brutal murder case involving a 16-year-old Canadian girl. Her nude body was found in a river and the investigation revealed that she was drowned, but prior to her death she'd been raped, stomped and beaten with a baseball bat. During the autopsy, a pathologist identified a bite mark on her right breast. A DNA specialist was able to retrieve the attacker’s inner cheek cells from the saliva, which can usually be found on injured tissue. This DNA led to the conviction of the attacker.

In another case, a similar DNA test taken from a bite to another victim actually exonerated a suspect from the crime. In this murder, an elderly woman was found in a park near her home. The woman had been stabbed 29 times and strangled. She had been disemboweled and a knife had been forced into an eye socket. The DNA was taken from a wound where one of her nipples had been bitten off.

The presence of bite marks on rape victims is not uncommon, although it’s not often noted in the press reports about rape. Experts say it is a sign of a very primal sort of anger and aggression – something that should remind you of the savagery of rape and why you need to train to fight for your life.

If you are interested in learning to defend yourself against sexual assault and deadly attack from strangulation, club, knife or handgun, check out the well-received Rape Escape videos at www.defendu.com/store.htm. You can see what other people are saying about the tapes on that page also.

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