The computed tomography scanning machines at Inova Alexandria Hospital are typically used to diagnose strokes, blood clots and other internal injuries. But recently the hospital utilized its CT scanners for an unconventional purpose: to examine the skulls of deceased children who have gone unidentified for years. Over the past year, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children joined forces with the radiology department at Inova to help unlock the mysteries behind three such cold cases, plus that of one adult. � ?It?s already a horrible story by the time the skull gets here,? says Joe Mullins, a forensic imaging specialist at NCMEC, a nonprofit based in Alexandria. ?Opening up a little box and pulling out the skull of a 7- or 8-year-old who has been found in the woods is tough. But someone?s got to do it, so we use our powers for good to help find missing children and help give them their names back.?
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