Trail of Bones: More Cases from the Files of a Forensic Anthropologist

Contents

Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv 1. The End of the Road i 2. The Lady from the Gulf n 3. Coming Home 24 4. Friends for Life 39 5. Sisters 46 6. Alone in the Woods 53 7. They Walk Among Us 58 8. Tattoos and Other Body Alterations 68 9. Precious Doe 77 10. Unidentified Homicide Victim 86 11. Mardi Gras Man 92 12. Unexpected Cargo 98 13. Imaging Resources, Cold Cases, and the IDA Database 102 14. Under Siege 109 15. Space Shuttle Columbia 122 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations 1. Necklace of the Lady from the Gulf 19 2. Clay image of the Lady from the Gulf 22 3. Corporal Sanders's burial vault 30 4. Inside the casket 33 5. Close-up of bundle burial 33 6. Footprint cast of "Bigfoot" 60 7. "Bigfoot" hair, straight edge 61 8. "Bigfoot" hair, shaved edge 61 9. Horse hair 61 10. Guitar fish 63 n. Helmet found with skull, side view 65 12. Helmet found with skull, top view 65 13. Skull found with helmet 65 14. Papier-mache skull, front view 66 15. Papier-mache" skull, posterior view 66 16. Tattoo on man's back 69 17. "Jim," ship, and anchor tattoos 70 18. H. S." (or "H. M. S.") and snake tattoos 70 19. "B 4 Lynn" and "Mother" tattoos 71 20. Facial reconstruction of tattooed man 71 21. Animal bone with rods and human fibula 73 22. Human clavicle and alligator femur 75 23. Bear's forepaw and human finger bones 76 24. Upper teeth of pig and human 76 25. Facial reconstruction of Precious Doe 84 26. "Unidentified Homicide Victim" 88 T R A I L OF B O N E S 27. Enhancement of arsonist's video image 103 28. Facial reconstruction and photograph of identified man 104 29. Facial reconstruction of strangling victim 107 xii ...