TORONTO — Objects that look like human bones can be seen in a photograph of a large incinerator allegedly used by two men to burn the body of a young woman they’re accused of killing, a Toronto court heard Friday. Forensic anthropologist Tracy Rogers, an expert in identifying human remains and the effects of burning on human bones, told the jury hearing the case of Laura Babcock that what’s seen in the image appears to be bones from a human arm. “Based on the shape comparison, one is similar overall to the human humerus, the upper arm bone,” Rogers said. They were similar in size and shape to that of a human female, she said, and substantially different from deer bones. Court has heard that Millard ordered the incinerator — capable of cremating a 225-kilogram animal — in the days before Babcock disappeared.

Source: National Post November 10, 2017 22:41 UTC