Mary Manhein founded and directed the FACES lab, assisting law enforcement in finding missing persons and human remains. (Photo courtesy of LSU)
“Can you get me the bone lady?” Since the 1980s, law enforcement officials from across Louisiana have called LSU for help in identifying a human remains and finding missing people. This earned Mary Manhein the reputation as “the bone lady.” Given that interest, Manhein formed the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services Lab at LSU in 1990 to help law enforcement and coroner’s office…
