Identification of Booth's body

[L Verge]

Wrong date on Booth's re-interment, but interesting comment on jaw malformation (from dental forensic source):

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, was shot dead on April 14th, 1865. John Wilkes Booth shot the president and escaped to Virginia. The US Calvary surrounded the barn and set in on fire. Booth was shot dead at the spot. But after many years, the rumors spread that Booth was escaped and was still alive. So the body was disinterred and examined again in 1893. The family dentist identified Booth body by the peculiar formation of the jaw that has been noted in the dental records made by the dentist during a dental visit for restoration of a filling.[17]

Another source that uses almost the same wording (and error) says that the dentist was the family's dentist, which would lead to the possibility of a Baltimore-based practitioner.

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If you want to wade through the 192 pages of the FBI report on Booth's diary, go here. https://vault.fbi.gov/john-wilkes-booth/...of-01/view Redacting on much of it will drive you crazy, and you can actually skip to about the last 20 pages and save time because those are the official findings.

P.S. Despite the redacting, I was able to find one letter that I'm sure was written by John C. Brennan and another by James O. Hall. Both are trying to impress the FBI with the importance of doing a complete and thorough examination with the best of means available in the 1970s.