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Dr. James Goodrich is an active and experienced forensic odontologist, in Cambridge, New Zealand. His day to day work is as a private practice dental surgeon, but his main interests lie in forensic science. In his role as a forensic odontologist he provides opinions to the police and coronial services on the identification of deceased individuals, age estimation for the living and the dead, bitemarks, and serves as an expert witness for the justice system if required. 

 Jim was deployed to help with the Disaster Victim Identification for the Canterbury Earthquake in 2011, and to the Christchurch Mosque Shootings and the Whakaari White Island Volcano eruption in 2019. He has also worked in the Pacific helping the identification and repatriation process for US Marines killed during the Battle of Tarawa.

Originally aired on Nov 5, 2020