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Height's link to identifying missing persons | Kristy Winter | TEDxQUT

1,368 views · Published 6 November 2018 · 12:55 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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More than 500 bodies in morgues around Australia are unidentified missing persons. At the Skeletal Biology and Forensic Anthropology Research Laboratory (QUT), Kristy Winter and the laboratory use various imaging techniques to measure bones for the development of equations that can assist with identifying missing persons from their height. The task is daunting, but there something you can do to help. (May contain upsetting material.) Kristy Winter is a researcher with the Skeletal Biology and Forensic Anthropology Research Laboratory (QUT) working towards developing equations to assist with the identification of Australian missing persons from their skeletons. With current research focusing on the estimation of sex and height for Queensland's Coronal system based on the upper arm bone (humerus). Winter's work has lead to active opportunities with researchers and practitioners filtering water in Qunicha Colombia, cataloguing in the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, and casework with the Odyssey Field School in Limassol, Cyprus. During the down time Winter is a Senior Field Operator for Queensland's State Emergency Services, assisting local police and the community with mass disasters, public events and missing persons searchers. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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