Two Idiots Recover Body

[PaulSmithTek]

Yeah it is different.

1) They are trained in the removal and preservation of artifacts and Human Remains. These guys aren't.

2) They still contact the proper people for information and research and permission to either dig or dive/collect artifacts. (Most of the Time)

3) The divers were in it for the wrong reasons. They didn't care about how the person died and possibly it being a crime scene. So they did not document anything the proper way. I.E. Take Pictures Before. The divers were in it for the fact they could get on T.V. and get there fame. The divers didn't think that this is someones grave and should be handled with the utmost care. If they find the family of the remains, and the family wants the photo's released then so be it. It isn't there decision to make.

Now I can not speak for the guys. But this is the way it seems with what I have for now.

 

[ReefGuy]

Yes, but are they any different in that respect to lets say............archaeologists? They bring up stuff constantly, go 'public' etc, etc.. or is that different? And why?

Archaeologists don't investigate possible crime scenes. Further, Archaeologists don't just find something, haul it back to the museum, and call the press. Every step is documented, photo'd, noted, etc.

A better plan for finding human remains:

1. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

2. Note the time. Mark the area with a float (SMB, liftbag, whatever) by either tying it so something or otherwise affixing it, at least 15' away from the body in a cardinal direction (i.e. body is 20' due South of the marker).

3. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING

4. Call the dive and alert the authorities.

5. While waiting for the authorities, document everything that happened since you entered the water. Especially detailing everything from the time you first saw the remains. Times, reason for being there, actions taken, etc.

 

[PaulSmithTek]

Archaeologists don't investigate possible crime scenes. Further, Archaeologists don't just find something, haul it back to the museum, and call the press. Every step is documented, photo'd, noted, etc.

A better plan for finding human remains:

1. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

2. Note the time. Mark the area with a float (SMB, liftbag, whatever) by either tying it so something or otherwise affixing it, at least 15' away from the body in a cardinal direction (i.e. body is 20' due South of the marker).

3. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING

4. Call the dive and alert the authorities.

5. While waiting for the authorities, document everything that happened since you entered the water. Especially detailing everything from the time you first saw the remains. Times, reason for being there, actions taken, etc.

Well put....

 

[Gary D.]

Archaeologists don't investigate possible crime scenes. Further, Archaeologists don't just find something, haul it back to the museum, and call the press. Every step is documented, photo'd, noted, etc.

A better plan for finding human remains:

1. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

2. Note the time. Mark the area with a float (SMB, liftbag, whatever) by either tying it so something or otherwise affixing it, at least 15' away from the body in a cardinal direction (i.e. body is 20' due South of the marker).

3. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING

4. Call the dive and alert the authorities.

5. While waiting for the authorities, document everything that happened since you entered the water. Especially detailing everything from the time you first saw the remains. Times, reason for being there, actions taken, etc.

You ready for a butt kicking road trip.

Those two, at least the one on TV put the real meaning of FUBAR into play.

Gary D.

 

[ReefGuy]

You ready for a butt kicking road trip.

Only if I get to drive the boat! I've had enough and want to be a Public Safety Driver! Bring on the chicks in bikinis!

 

[Bratface]

Can't you hear it now..."whoopee, bones of a dead guy. We can be heros". I guess their hearts were in the right place to "help" identify the victim, but gee, let the cops deal with it.

 

[plot]

makes you wonder if it's some random skeleton they stole from a classroom and pretended to find to get on TV

 

[vablackwater]

Absolute idiots. I am sure they had the best interests of the victim's family in mind when they flashed their smiles on the news. Classy photos too. My question to the "experianced divers"... how would they feel seeing their loved ones' remains posed next to a scuba tank? What they did was legally and ethically criminal.

Negating the training that PSD's have in terms of evidence recovery, chain of custody, providing testimony in court... there is a human element to this. PSD's work to provide closure/ relief to a family in a recovery operation, and maintain the dignity of the victim and the family to the full extent possible.

 

[caymaniac]

Youse guy's better watch the comments! I heard the guy they found had a note.

"I'm guilty of making offensive posts on scubaboard. I can't take it anymore."
Signed "The Dead Guy"

Yep, it's either that or they just found Amelia Erhart

 

[Jcsgt]

Those guys were knuckleheads. The site should have been marked and an underwater criminal investigations team brought in to do the crime scene.

But they had to remove it since they disturbed it and were moving. Can't you see the logic?