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    'Red Eye' death correspondent Dr. Michael Baden weighs in on Christopher Dorner, King Richard III

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Well thanks in dental records the charred remains found in a -- down cabin at big bear valley were positively identified on Thursday -- -- of former police officer turned police killer Christopher -- Meanwhile a sheriff in charge of the -- confirms his men sent pyrotechnic tear gas into the cabin but says it was not their intent -- set on fire.

The gruesome death of a gruesome killer I think we know what that means people who think about things.

I think -- -- -- Well -- record -- right I'd get correspondent doctor Michael Baden he's a Fox News contributor former New York City chief medical examiner.

You know as mortality like bill I'm not reading that -- did it happen.

-- -- -- You're right miles thanks for coming back thank you wanna talk about the body identification right you watch a show like CSI or whatever it seems like they get to DNA in a couple hours later they know it is it doesn't work like -- Now very know that the quickest ways the way they did it is did the match teeth especially to -- body right -- -- -- the listings to go.

In general and it if you have a dental record as he had from the military -- the -- this comes to the scene.

Looks at the record -- and -- and you can tell right away -- it is -- isn't.

Coroner.

I was gonna ask I figured they got into Iraq because he was for both a cop and former military -- -- -- civilian.

How do you go about getting generous you start trying to find -- -- company you that you find from the U whoever families around here in my arm around right who is that this would cut so it normally civilian dentists are approach when that when his assessment that did death though where he related.

And that's very fist so.

-- dental records aren't.

-- -- No not in the and not so far oh Bradley and -- in particular that I suspect hiding things in my case.

Especially under the these circumstances -- -- Have -- -- -- -- work on cases where the body of the -- -- that even dental records.

Weren't enough well mostly -- beheaded people -- -- carried a good Steward argued that their work but I don't get it.

But even here.

I.

Even in this situation.

Oh wouldn't do -- was around in different cars and rented a new cell phone with the maids and oath using his fingerprints over the -- place so I'm sure the police also had his fingerprint right.

To match two police and the military fingerprints.

Even though.

The the fingerprints in the hands of probably two chart to be without saying how -- they could they do that the body -- -- or -- know that they get the fingerprint or if the cars that he was driving OK I matches to -- fingerprints from the military do from the police department would but would that be enough idea the actual eight -- it would be pretty good but they still want to dental the old days before DNA dental was enough now.

Everybody wants the next step to do DNA you'll also right and usually they can but takes longer OK I want my questions are.

My understanding is that -- the sheriff's office there were only -- that they -- fired regular tear gassed and I happen.

That didn't work -- -- they switched to CS tear gas which is apparently more incendiary right nature.

But they weren't trying to burn down the cabin it's just that's a risk you take I -- today yep part of it is that when it would have used teargas canisters -- -- risk of fires starting.

And in this situation they had him surrounded right there were firing a lot of bullets apparently only one bullet struck him which is the one.

Probably that he fired up to -- idea because they can match sample of up to the weapons he had right.

And is it's amazing their own police shootings and gang when shootings when the bodies -- the medical Examiner's office 90% of bullets minutes.

Yeah there's -- remains there.

And the fire we can tell from the carbon monoxide in the blood when he died before or after the -- that's a -- lot of toxicology and they can also find.

Any drugs that might have made did he have some kind drug reaction that he was getting high right so all these things -- -- be worked out by the medical examiner.

Our next topic I certainly talk about last week scientists finally got 500 year old remains of England's king Richard the third under a parking lot.

Researchers say tests on the skeleton unearthed last year proved beyond a reasonable doubt that -- is that of the king who died 1485.

So.

Talk about the speech so he was a hunchback.

Well he had twisted minds -- -- sideways and expect his friend Malcolm -- but daisies so he did walk funny on this side and this seems to match up.

And it shows you when -- so those beautiful pictures of the skeleton reassembled how with the 500 years.

The whole -- was an excellent condition and and it shows that what happened is over the centuries -- didn't get into it.

Wouldn't give blows it should usually rain water program -- what causes destruction of bone.

And but just amazing that because.

Please -- always asking the medical examiner for unit.

-- was the exhume -- -- -- some what's nobody gonna look like right and he enjoys -- has to be we don't know if we find them because we don't know conditions there are on the ground.

Somebody state excellent for 500 years.

Many will deteriorate within a year.

So I'd.

They apparently they say he's the last king did die in battle.

It is spyware so twisted how could even fight with we would that it -- a debilitating thing nobody -- Clinton fights.

Very -- so wasn't debilitating today and then not being that still leaves no carrier sword and all that.

Is that what you wanted to force so badly he was gonna give up its whole kingdom for port.

-- he acquainted to Shakespeare but there's no movement that he was defamed by Shakespeare and many of the other -- but the thing that gets me most interest thing.

Is that they say they identified him by DNA.

He can't identify somebody 500 years ago unless.

It was all through females was that mitochondria of the and they stays the same holes -- males with good.

-- Y chromosome stays the same.

But when you have injured and five and he is a little different people and you have one as a mother -- a father change that the DNA.

Track gets destroyed.

-- -- -- -- Well I mean I think that it's.

Unlike yet I I think that there over interpreting whatever they find because.

The DNA changes with -- each generation right not one of the big ways it changes his as a real concern that a lot of the kings don't really belong in the long they came.

From other people.

Others.

Of males and females all right so that.

That there was a problem.

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