re: #196 Ben Hur

Good to know…I mean…that’s weird.

re: #205 cliffster

I thought they used teeth to identify bodies. Why would someone who has implants not have teeth? Oh, er…

Yeah.

I think this story is how I knew that:

The nude body of a former swimsuit model found last weekend in Orange County was identified through her breast implants’ serial number, two law enforcement sources said Friday.

The kicker: the murderer was a former reality TV contestant.

Silicone implants don’t degrade like bodily tissue. I’m certain I’ve run across similar stories about IDing bodies, especially when they’ve been moved across jurisdictions. (the dental records may not be in the local law enforcement database, but there is some kind of national medical registry where you can ID people via various medical things like implants, artifical limbs, etc. I guess they all have serial numbers.)