Operation UNITED - Spartan Public Engagment Map

Operation UNITED (Unknown Names Identified Through Exhumation and DNA) is a joint effort by the Detroit Police Department and the FBI to exhume unidentified individuals and obtain a bone sample for DNA testing in an attempt to scientifically identify them. Joined this effort, along with graduate students from the Anthropology Department, to provide expertise as forensic anthropologists in the recovery and skeletal analysis of the remains in the field.

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Project Contact:

Carolyn Isaac
Anthropology Social Science
College of Social Science
cvisaac@msu.edu

Partners

Detroit Police Department
FBI Detroit
Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office
Wayne County Prosecutor's Office
Detroit Police Department

Report of calendar year 2022 activity.