UT opens new forensic anthropology lab to triple capacity for missing persons cases

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — The University of Tennessee opened a new Forensic Anthropology Center designed to triple the number of missing persons cases experts can handle each year.

The lab will handle about 90 cases annually, up from around 30, according to center director Giovanna Bedoli.

“It is very exciting. I don’t think words can really express it,” Bedoli said. “Just seeing the space. But not only that, it is hearing the excitement of everybody else when they walk in and they say, this looks amazing.”…

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