ABSTRACT
The Federal State Institution "Russian Centre of Forensic Medical Expertise", Russian Health and Social Development Agency (Roszdrav), carries out forensic medical and molecular-genetic investigations with the purpose of identifying remains of Russian citizens allegedly killed (officially regarded as unaccounted-for) during the recent Thailand's tsunami. The last of the identified Russian subjects was a child from the B---lovs family missed in the disaster area. The child's parents were the last Russians whose fate thus far remained unknown: they were not reported as survivors, nor were their remains found and identified in the course of forensic medical expert investigations. The matter was considered settled. However, this conclusion proved premature. In what follows, we provide arguments that convinced us of the necessity to turn to this issue again and continue the identification studies. As a result of renewed examination, we managed to identify one more of the missed subjects (the child's father). Scientific and technical aspects of the above work that made it possible to reconsider earlier findings and obtain new information are discussed. Special emphasis is laid on the value of molecular-genetic identification of personality as a method of evidence-based forensic medical examination.
