Forensic Anthropology Slide: researching the disappearance of Amelia Earhart

1. The Mystery of Amelia Earhart A Forensic View: Presenting Research from Dr. Karen Burns By Claire Bower

5. Case Background “ At 12:30 p.m. on July 2, the pair took off. Despite favorable weather reports, they flew into overcast skies and intermittent rain showers. This made Noonan's premier method of tracking, celestial navigation, impossible. As dawn neared, Earhart called chief radioman Leo G. Bellarts and asked for Itasca's location. She failed to report at the next scheduled time, and afterward her radio transmissions, irregular through most of the flight, were faint or interrupted with static. At 7:42 A.M. the Itasca picked up the message, "We must be on you, but we cannot see you. Fuel is running low. Been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet." The ship tried to reply, but the plane seemed not to hear. At 8:45 Earhart reported, "We are running north and south." Nothing further was heard from Earhart.” © Family of Amelia Earhart c/o CMG Worldwide

6. Howland Island

10. The Shoes The sole, heel, and eyelet. The heel dates to the mid-1930’s, the nail holes line up perfectly with the sole, which came from a woman’s blucher oxford, size 8 ½ to 9, the same shoe and size Amelia wore in the picture above ten days before she left on her last flight. She is pictured standing on the wing of her plane.

14. Why the Hoodless Report is Debunked by Burns & Jantz