Mary Manhein

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Mary Huffman Manhein is an American forensic anthropologist. Nicknamed The Bone Lady, she was the founding director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) laboratory at Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1990, and of the Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Persons Information Program in 2006. The repository is considered the "most comprehensive statewide database of its kind".

In addition to teaching at LSU, Manhein has worked with law enforcement agencies at local, regional and national levels, consulting on over 1000 cases involving missing or unidentified persons. She is a member of the national Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) and a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. She has been invited to lecture at New Scotland Yard.

As well as academic publications, Manhein has written the non-fiction books ''The Bone Lady'' (2000), ''Trail of Bones'' (2005), and ''Bone Remains'' (2013), and two novels. Provided by Wikipedia