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The Bone Lady : Life As a Forensic Anthropologist

"On the first day of the search, I failed to find the body." So writes forensic anthropologist and bioarchaeologist Mary H. Manhein-or "the bone lady" as law enforcement personnel call her. In this, one of dozens of stories recollected in her powerful memoir, Manhein and the stat...

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Autor principal: Manhein, Mary H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"On the first day of the search, I failed to find the body." So writes forensic anthropologist and bioarchaeologist Mary H. Manhein-or "the bone lady" as law enforcement personnel call her. In this, one of dozens of stories recollected in her powerful memoir, Manhein and the state police eventually unearth a black plastic bag buried in the banks of the Mississippi River containing the body of a man who has been missing for five years. After the painstaking process of examining the remains, confirming the victim's identity, and preparing a formal report for the police, Manhein testifies for the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (152 pages).
ISBN:9780807155608