New Zealand Woman Reunited With Fingers After Eight Decades
- 9 years ago
Jessie Marguerite Fendall's fingers were removed after she died under suspicious circumstances in 1933. They were retained by police for training purposes and eventually placed in a museum until recently.
Eighty years after Jessie Marguerite Fendall's fingers were removed by police, they were finally reunited with her body at a ceremony in New Zealand on Friday.
In 1933, Fendall was found unconscious in a ditch near the school where she worked. She died eight days later.
Fendall's fingers were ultimately removed to determine whether fingerprints on her magazine belonged to her or someone else. They were hers.
Fendall’s body was reburied while her fingers were retained by the New Zealand Police Forensics Collection as an explanatory tool.
Eighty years after Jessie Marguerite Fendall's fingers were removed by police, they were finally reunited with her body at a ceremony in New Zealand on Friday.
In 1933, Fendall was found unconscious in a ditch near the school where she worked. She died eight days later.
Fendall's fingers were ultimately removed to determine whether fingerprints on her magazine belonged to her or someone else. They were hers.
Fendall’s body was reburied while her fingers were retained by the New Zealand Police Forensics Collection as an explanatory tool.