Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases

Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases

Death. Itâ€™s not only inevitable and frightening, itâ€™s intriguing and fascinatingâ€“especially today, when science continues to make ever more stunning advances in the investigation of the oldest and darkest of mysteries. To discover the how and why of death, unearth its roots, and expose the mechanics of its grim handiwork is, at least in some sense, to master it. And in the process, if a criminal can be caught or closure found, so much the better.

Enter Robert Mann, forensic anthropologist, deputy scientific director of the U.S. governmentâ€™s Central Identification Laboratory, and, some might say, the Sherlock Holmes of death detectives. When the dead reveal some of their most sensational, macabre, and poignant tales, more often than not itâ€™s Mann whoâ€™s been listening. Now, in this remarkable casebook, he offers an in-depth behind-the-scenes portrait of his sometimes gruesome, frequently dangerous, and always compelling profession. In cases around the world, Mann has been called upon to unmask killers with nothing but the bones of their victims to guide him, draw out clues that restore identities to the nameless dead, recover remains thought to be hopelessly lost, and piece together the events that can unlock the truth behind the most baffling deaths.

The infamous 9/11 terror attacks, which killed thousands; the unplanned killing that inaugurated serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmerâ€™s grisly spree; mysterious military fatalities from World War II to the Cold War to Vietnam, including the amazing case of the Vietnam Warâ€™s Unknown Soldierâ€“all the fascinating stories are here, along with photos from the authorâ€™s personal files. Mystery hangings, mass graves, errant body parts, actual skeletons in closets, and a host of homicides steeped in bizarre clues and buried secretsâ€“theyâ€™re all in a dayâ€™s work for one dedicated detective whose job begins when a life ends.
Country USA
Brand Ballantine Books
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0345479424_used
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2007-01-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345479426

Country	USA
Brand	Ballantine Books
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0345479424_used
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2007-01-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345479426

Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases

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