January 17, 2025 4:57 PM

Scientist bottles smell of bones to help solve cold cases

A Belgian research scientist is working with the federal police to create a scent that mimics the smell of dried human bones to help sniffer dogs find long lost remains. Clement Martin has already isolated the smell of decomposing human flesh and that is now used to train Belgium's cadaver dogs. But once the soft tissue has disappeared, the scent molecules of the remaining bones become significantly fewer. "Bones smell different over the years too. A 3-year-old bone will smell different to a ...