PHOTOS of the Body Farm in San Marcos

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Skeletal remains at Freeman Center. Some remains are placed in enclosures, while others are not. Those remains that aren’t enclosed are examined to see whether wildlife came into contact with them. Vultures, for instance, have the ability to reduce a recently expired corpse to its skeleton within five to six hours, according to Dr. Daniel Wescott, director, Forensic Anthropology Center, Texas State University.