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>> that's when he told me he wanted to have sex. she said okay, but he couldn't perform. >> we had a little sex a little bit. we tried it. she got pissed off cause i couldn't keep it up with her, she told me, "you're just an old man." >> she was belittling him about him not being able to perform. and he ended up pushing her. >> she wasn't bleeding. i know that. >> she wasn't bleeding? >> no, she was not bleeding. >> after you pushed her and she hit the nightstand? >> yeah. >> boyer said scarlett hit her head accidentally against the nightstand, but dr. midori albert believes it's more likely her head was pushed into the table forcibly. prosecutors also believe boyer broke her ribs. since it was late, boyer was able to carry scarlett's body outside to his truck without attracting notice.
>> she had dental records but they were ten years old. i couldn't find a dentist that kept their records that long. >> and initially scientists couldn't use dna testing either. >> they couldn't pull the dna from the remains from the bones. apparently the bones were too dried out. >> investigators were facing the very real possibility that their victim would never be identified. then forensic anthropologist dr. midori albert had an idea. >> i'd been familiar with a procedure called skull photo video superposition where you take an actual skull and you can take a photograph of a person and actually blend the two images together. and what we tend to do with that is we look for different anatomical landmarks and points of similarity. >> unfortunately, the university of north carolina didn't have the facilities to perform this procedure. the hardware and software can cost as much as $35,000. so dr. albert did the next best
the backyard of the home he rented in wilmington, north carolina. >> it was kind of gruesome. we came across these bones. it was horrible. at first, we seen her leg bones and then we came across her skull. you know, and ribs and -- and then we realized, you know, it wasn't fake. it was real. you know, so it was terrible. >> he called authorities who moved quickly to collect the remains and any possible forensic evidence. >> the bones had been scattered by the animals and maybe by the tide coming in because it was a marshland. it was a dump site. and there's a lot of garbage back there. >> anthropologist dr. midori albert and her team of student volunteers recovered about 160 bones, or 80% of the skeleton. the victim was a caucasian female about 30 years old, and from the length of her femur, about 5'4" tall.
unsuccessful. >> she had dental records but they were ten years old. i couldn't find a dentist that kept their records that long. >> and initially scientists couldn't use dna testing either. >> they couldn't pull the dna from the remains from the bones. apparently the bones were too dried out. >> investigators were facing the very real possibility that their victim would never be identified. then forensic anthropologist dr. midori albert had an idea. >> i'd been familiar with a procedure called skull photo video superposition where you take an actual skull and you can take a photograph of a person and actually blend the two images together. and what we tend to do with that is we look for different anatomical landmarks and points of similarity. >> unfortunately, the university of north carolina didn't have the facilities to perform this procedure. the hardware and software can cost as much as $35,000.
what looked like human bones in the backyard of the home he rented in wilmington, north carolina. >> it was kind of gruesome. we came across these bones. it was horrible. at first, we seen her leg bones and then we came across her skull. you know, and ribs and -- and then we realized, you know, it wasn't fake. it was real. you know, so it was terrible. >> he called authorities who moved quickly to collect the remains and any possible forensic evidence. >> the bones had been scattered by the animals and maybe by the tide coming in because it was a marshland. it was a dump site. and there's a lot of garbage back there. >> anthropologist dr. midori albert and her team of student volunteers recovered about 160 bones, or 80% of the skeleton. the victim was a caucasian female about 30 years old, and from the length of her femur, about 5'4" tall.
>> and with that, his story changed. >> that's when he told me he wanted to have sex. she said okay, but he couldn't perform. >> we had a little sex a little bit. we tried it. she got pissed off cause i couldn't keep it up with her, she told me, "you're just an old man." >> she was belittling him about him not being able to perform. and he ended up pushing her. >> she wasn't bleeding. i know that. >> she wasn't bleeding? >> no, she was not bleeding. >> after you pushed her and she hit the nightstand? >> yeah. >> boyer said scarlett hit her head accidentally against the nightstand, but dr. midori albert believes it's more likely her head was pushed into the table forcibly. prosecutors also believe boyer broke her ribs. since it was late, boyer was able to carry scarlett's body outside to his truck without attracting notice.
records with the unknown victim, but their attempt was unsuccessful. >> she had dental records but they were ten years old. i couldn't find a dentist that kept their records that long. >> and initially scientists couldn't use dna testing either. >> they couldn't pull the dna from the remains from the bones. apparently the bones were too dried out. >> investigators were facing the very real possibility that their victim would never be identified. then forensic anthropologist dr. midori albert had an idea. >> i'd been familiar with a procedure called skull photo video superposition where you take an actual skull and you can take a photograph of a person and actually blend the two images together. and what we tend to do with that is we look for different anatomical landmarks and points of similarity. >> unfortunately, the university of north carolina didn't have the facilities to perform this procedure.
>> and with that, his story changed. >> that's when he told me he wanted to have sex. she said okay, but he couldn't perform. >> we had a little sex a little bit. we tried it. she got pissed off cause i couldn't keep it up with her, she told me, "you're just an old man." >> she was belittling him about him not being able to perform. and he ended up pushing her. >> she wasn't bleeding. i know that. >> she wasn't bleeding? >> no, she was not bleeding. >> after you pushed her and she hit the nightstand? >> yeah. >> boyer said scarlett hit her head accidentally against the nightstand, but dr. midori albert believes it's more likely her head was pushed into the table forcibly. prosecutors also believe boyer broke her ribs. since it was late, boyer was able to carry scarlett's body
what looked like human bones in the backyard of the home he rented in wilmington, north carolina. >> it was kind of gruesome. we came across these bones. it was horrible. at first, we seen her leg bones and then we came across her skull. you know, and ribs and -- and then we realized, you know, it wasn't fake. it was real. you know, so it was terrible. >> he called authorities who moved quickly to collect the remains and any possible forensic evidence. >> the bones had been scattered by the animals and maybe by the tide coming in because it was a marshland. it was a dump site. and there's a lot of garbage back there. >> anthropologist dr. midori albert and her team of student volunteers recovered about 160 bones, or 80% of the skeleton. the victim was a caucasian female about 30 years old, and from the length of her femur, about 5'4" tall.
>> she had dental records but they were ten years old. i couldn't find a dentist that kept their records that long. >> and initially scientists couldn't use dna testing either. >> they couldn't pull the dna from the remains from the bones. apparently the bones were too dried out. >> investigators were facing the very real possibility that their victim would never be identified. then forensic anthropologist dr. midori albert had an idea. >> i'd been familiar with a procedure called skull photo video superposition where you take an actual skull and you can take a photograph of a person and actually blend the two images together. and what we tend to do with that is we look for different anatomical landmarks and points of similarity. >> unfortunately, the university of north carolina didn't have the facilities to perform this procedure. the hardware and software can cost as much as $35,000. so dr. albert did the next best