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Identification of the skeletal remains of the Czech communist regime crime victim, priest Josef Toufar

PEXA, Tomáš, Jan KRAJSA, Markéta ŠAŇKOVÁ, Petr VELEMINSKÝ, Jan HAVRDA et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Identification of the skeletal remains of the Czech communist regime crime victim, priest Josef Toufar

Autoři

PEXA, Tomáš, Jan KRAJSA, Markéta ŠAŇKOVÁ, Petr VELEMINSKÝ, Jan HAVRDA, Tomáš KOTRLÝ a Jiří DRÁBEK

Vydání

Forensic Science International, CLARE, Elsevier Sequoia, 2018, 0379-0738

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.990

UT WoS

000448250300004

Klíčová slova anglicky

DNA; Victim; Totalitarianism; Personal identification; Exhumation
Změněno: 21. 2. 2019 09:52, MUDr. Jan Krajsa, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Parish priest Josef Toufar died as a direct consequence of torture committed by Communist State Security Service agents, forcing him to confess that "miraculous" movement of crucifix above the main altar during the Holy Mass held in the Roman-Catholic church in Cihost was staged by using a technical equipment. Josef Toufar was presumably buried in a mass grave at the cemetery in Prague-Dablice under a false name Josef Zouhar. In 2013 the Czech Bishops' Conference grant an approval to begin the process of his beatification. However, the beatification required the exhumation and identification of the remains. In this case report, we describe the process of searching, exhumation, and the combined A-STR/Y-STR DNA analysis of remains of Pater Josef Toufar. His identification was feasible due to kinship analysis: buccal swabs of three family members (niece, grand-niece, and grand-nephew) were available for testing. (c) 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.