Finding Unmarked Graves in the news from Wisconsin Public Radio.
We talk with a UW-Eau Claire professor who uses deep ground penetrating radar to detect mass graves containing the remains of people who disappeared in clashes a half century ago.
Featured in this Episode
- Finding buried bodies around the world using ground-penetrating radar. Finding unmarked burial sites requires great sensitivity and specialized equipment. We talk with a UW-Eau Claire professor and student who research ground-penetrating radar to locate graves around the world. Original air date: Oct. 9, 2023
Finding Unmarked Graves from Wisconsin Public Radio
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