article_snippet: The jury was shown how his remains had been systematically taken apart .
article_snippet: Fontana, testified about the condition of the bones in the boxes. '
article_snippet: Fontana then used a replica of a human skeleton and photographs to explain to the jury what had happened to the bones.
article_snippet: Fontana said the right tibia, which is the large bone of the lower leg, had been cut with a knife and a saw.
article_snippet: Because the cut edge was the same color of the bone, Fontana said the bone had been sawed at the time of death.
article_snippet: Demonstration: Donna Fontana, forensic anthropologist with the New Jersey State Police, uses a replica skeleton to show the jury where the bones of the victim's leg had been sawed.
article_snippet: Fontana testified that several of the victim's ribs were also missing.
article_snippet: There is a pattern of dismemberment,' Fontana testified.
article_snippet: Dismemberment, Fontana explained, is usually done 'to hinder identification and for ease of transport.'