OMI hosts NM Sen. Heinrich
Project helps improve identification of Native American remains and resolve missing persons cases By Mary Beth King July 12, 2021 U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) visited the Office of Medical Investigator (OMI) at The University of New Mexico recently to see the work being done by forensic anthropologist Heather Edgar and her team to improve the identification of Native American remains and resolve missing persons cases. Edgar worked with many at UNM to create the New Mexico Decedent Image Database (NMDID), which includes thousands of whole-body CT scans. Each scan contains about 10,...
Source: unm.edu