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• When results of all the scientific inquiries are pooled with casts made of the man's mandible and cranium, the results will be handed off to Austin, Texas-based forensic artist Karen Taylor, the woman charged with preparing a facial reconstruction for the project. Taylor's work ultimately will take the skeletal remains from a bundle of bones to skin, Runge said.
• "The result of this project will be to have the forensic artist put a face on this individual," he said. "All of the reports and tests we are performing on this individual -- the DNA, isotopic and spectral analyses -- will help her do her magic on the artwork and create a rendering of what this man would have looked like.
• "What we're doing is taking the skeletal remains and piecing together the life of a man who lived 140 years ago," Runge said. "We're using modern forensic technologies to help piece together the life of this individual."
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AP News in Brief
Kenya Red Cross: 18 killed in gunmen attack on Kenyan coast; al-Shabab claims responsibility
• NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Eighteen people were killed in overnight attacks by gunmen in two counties on the Kenyan coast, where last month al-Qaida-linked militants claimed responsibility for killing 65 people, the Kenya Red Cross said Sunday.
• The Sunday attacks took place in the towns of Hindi in Lamu county and Gamba in Tana River, the Kenya Red Cross chief Abbas Gulet said. Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants from Somalia claimed responsibility for the attacks.
• According to the Lamu county commissioner Njenga Miiri, a group of about 15 gunmen raided the Malamandi village of Hindi and started shooting at residents. The gunmen also attacked Gamba police station, Kenya's police chief David Kimaiyo said.
• Hindi is about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Mpeketoni where dozens were killed in an attack last month, while Gamba is about 70 kilometers (43 miles) northwest of Mpeketoni.
• The Kenya Red Cross said nine people were killed in Hindi, while in Gamba nine others were killed and one person was missing.
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