Elizabeth A. Murray, PhD, Dipl. ABFA, professor of biology at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a forensic anthropologist, headed the team that performed the three-day exhumation of champion Saddlebred Wild Eyed and Wicked that took place Feb. 2-4 In an exclusive interview with The Horse, Murray explained the grueling and painstaking process.

Wicked and Meet Prince Charming were euthanatized and buried at Double D Ranch near Versailles, Ky., on July 17, 2003, because of deteriorating health after they were injected with a necrotizing (tissue-killing) substance into their left front pasterns at the end of June. Three other horses were attacked in the same way at the same time, and one of those was also euthanatized