Deposition Sites

• Characteristics of body disposal in child abductions

  FBI study showed that there were a number of factors which gave different body disposal scenarios:

  1. Sex of the offender
  2. Sex of the victim
  3. Age of the victim
  4. Motivation for the abduction
• Deposition sites

  •Usually known to the perpetrator

  •Usually attempts are made to hide/conceal the body in some way (though not always)

  •Adults are deposited close to vehicle access points

  •Bodies tend to be buried less than 4 feet deep
• Primary and secondary deposition sites

  Primary, Secondary

  
• Body deposition

  •Search (location) and recovery techniques are affected by deposition site

  •Evidence recovery and recording methods are important

  •Each site creates a unique set of circumstances which will affect the information that can be collected
• Burial

  •Hole made in soil

  •Throw/upcast/

  •Disturbed stratigraphy

  •Disturbances to vegetation

  •Change soil

  
• Burial

  Soil is a dynamic medium

  •Mostly biological agents

  •Most active in upper layers

  •Decomposition will depend on depth of burial, soil type, humus.

  •Main issue is with detection

  
• Aqueous Environments