The body farm would enable forensic anthropologists to develop search and location techniques for finding bodies Cultura/Rex Features/ShutterstockBritain’s first body farm, where researchers would study decomposing human corpses to help to find bodies and catch killers, has been proposed by forensic scientists. The centre would be used to help train dogs to search for bodies. Researchers say that there are plenty of people who would be willing to donate their bodies to help solve crimes. The US has several such centres, officially known as taphonomy facilities, but researchers say that the British climate, soil, insects and scavenging wildlife are all quite different. Anna Williams, a forensic anthropologist at Huddersfield University,…

Source: The Times August 06, 2017 23:03 UTC