Table III. Radiocarbon and aspartic acid racemization analyses of an unsolved homicide case.
DOB, date of birth; N/A, not applicable.
| Case no. | Tooth no. | Enamel formation time | Radiocarbon analysis |
Aspartic acid analysis |
Estimated year of death | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Δ14C | ± | F14C | ± | Estimated DOB | d/l ratio | Estimated Age | ||||
| yr | yr | |||||||||
| FMH1 | 41 | 2.5 | −31.1 | 4.1 | 0.9756 | 0.0041 | 1952.4 or earlier | 0.0934 | 45.0 | 1987.0 |
| FMH2 | 48 | 13.0 | 100.7 | 4.2 | 1.1083 | 0.0042 | 1942.0 | 0.0970 | 47.8 | 1989.8 |
| FMH3 | 11 | 3.2 | −28.0 | 3.9 | 0.9788 | 0.0039 | 1951.3 or earlier | 0.0944 | 45.8 | 1987.8 |
| FMH4 | 17 | 6.5 | −29.2 | 3.8 | 0.9775 | 0.0038 | 1948.4 or earlier | 0.0980 | 48.6 | 1990.7 |
| Estimated DOB | 1942.0 | Average | 46.8 | 1988.8 | ||||||
| S.D. | N/A | S.D. | 1.7 | 2.1 | ||||||