Forensic Files: Past Lives ANSWER KEY Complete this worksheet as you watch the video. 1. What is believed to have happened to Rutherford? He was burned to death in a car accident. 2. What did his wife have to do help investigators identify the body? She gave him a tooth. 3. What was unusual about the medical alert bracelet? It was not clasped. 4. How much was Rutherford insured for? $7 million 5. What did examining the skull fragments tell Dr. Bass about the skeleton? 1 – The person must have had his head on the floor of the car. 2 – The amount of fusion between the parts of the skull showed it was an older person. 6. What did Dr. Bass learn from the teeth? 1 – The teeth were shoveled shaped showing an Asian or American Indian heritage. 2 - The person had lots of cavities (not like someone who was wealthy.) 7. What was Dr. Bass’s finding? The skeleton was not Rutherford. 8. Why did investigators think the scene was staged? Give two reasons. 1 – The bracelet and watch were not clasped. 2 – Although eyewitnesses saw a bicycle, none was found at the scene. 9. Why did Rutherford tell his neighbor his death was faked? He said that the FBI faked his death to protect him. 10. What did the FBI tell the neighbor? They told her that Rutherford had taken all her money. 11. What did the Mexican authorities find? They found a bag of bloody clothes with Rutherford’s blood on them. 12. How did investigators find him? He was posing as a business man in Boston, but was driving a car registered to Rutherford. 13. What was the motive behind Rutherford’s scheme? He lost a lot of money on stocks. 14. What was his sentence? 5 years His wife’s? 18 months

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