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The Daily Review/Bill Decker
St. Mary law enforcement officers take part in an exercise designed to help them tell the difference between human and animal bones Tuesday at a workshop conducted by members of the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services Laboratory.

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St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office Sgt. Louis Ashley, left, Sgt. LaRaine Lange and Detective Jeremy Greene practice marking the important finds at a crime scene.

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Morgan City Detective Sgt. Rick Hartley learns the fine points of mapping a potential crime scene under the direction of Teresa V. Wilson of the LSU FACES Lab.

UPDATED: Local police, deputies learn about forensic anthropology

Call it a bare-bones education. St. Mary deputies, police officers and detectives got a one-day course Tuesday in one of the most potentially baffling parts of their job: reconstructing a life and death story after long-dead human remains are discovered. They attended a workshop sponsored by Coroner Dr. Chip Metz and conducted by Ginesse Listi, Ph.D., who directs LSU’s Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services Laboratory. The workshop was at the Berwick Civic Complex. Fifteen law enforcement officers from the St. Mary Sheriff’s Office, the Morgan City and Berwick police departments, and the Chitimacha tribal police took part in the workshop. Led by the ...

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