William Maples was a groundbreaking criminal anthropologist. From a skeleton, a skull, or a mere fragment of bone, he could deduce the age and sex of a corpse and the manner in which the victim met its death. Numerous brutal and vicious murders were solved through his skill in reading the bones of the dead. "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" reveals the ...
In this memoir by one of the world's greatest forensic investigators, Maples shares his gift for reading tales written on the bones of the dead. Now he recalls his strangest cases, from baffling dismemberments to the identification of long-buried skeletons. Photos. The sole feature on 48 Hours Halloween week.
William Maples is a criminal anthropologist. From a skeleton or a fragment of bone, he can deduce the age and sex of a corpse and the manner in which the victim met its death. He has solved numerous murders, and here he reveals case histories and the steps he took in resolving each mystery.
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