Mark Benecke
German forensic biologist
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- Mark Benecke (born 26 August 1970) is a German forensic biologist.
- The dental remains include part of the jawbone, intact (with superficial burning) but sundered at the depth of the teeth.
- Benecke is the only forensic scientist to work on the case of Colombian serial killer and rapist Luis Garavito.
Mark Benecke (born 26 August 1970) is a German forensic biologist.
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Benecke has worked on the identification of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun's dental remains in Moscow (as well as a skull fragment claimed to be Hitler's). He argued, in line with early investigator Hugh Trevor-Roper and scientific sources (including Hitler forensics expert Philippe Charlier), that body water would hinder an open-air cremation, as opposed to American jurist Michael Musmanno (in 1950) and historians such as Anton Joachimsthaler (1995), who argued that a full cremation explains why nothing more than Hitler and Braun's dental remains were found. The dental remains include part of the jawbone, intact (with superficial burning) but sundered at the depth of the teeth. According to Benecke, these either prove "that Hitler died in 1945 – or lived the rest of his life in Argentina without [part of his jaw]".
Benecke is the only forensic scientist to work on the case of Colombian serial killer and rapist Luis Garavito. Some of Benecke's forensic cases have been covered by the National Geographic Channel and the History Channel.
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