At the next meeting of Sisters & Misters in Crime, Madeline Hinkes, professor of anthropology at San Diego Mesa College, will talk about her work as a forensic anthropology consultant to the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office as well as the Imperial County Coroner’s Office. Hinkes is called in when remains are skeletonized, partial, burned, or otherwise damaged as to be difficult to identify, and assess age, sex, ancestry, height, trauma, pathologies, and time since death. She is 1 of 60 board-certified forensic anthropologists in the country (ABFA = American Board of Forensic Anthropology). I have been practicing in SanDiego since 1994.
Hinkes will talk about her work in identifying the remains of Amber Dubois after her murderer, John Albert Gardner, led authorities to the body.
This sounds like an extraordinarily interesting talk.
Date: April 7
Social period: 6:30 p.m./meeting, 7 p.m.
Where: Joyce Beers Community Center, Hillcrest