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Forensic sketch artist Jane Billingham works during a live forensic sketch event by the nonprofit Can You Identify Me? at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Jason Ogulnik/Las ...
For Michigan State Police forensic sketch artists, conversations about eyebrow thicknesses, the distance between a suspect's eyes or even the crookedness of a nose can help lead to an arrest.
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office has 67 active cases of unnamed deceased bodies. Forensic sketch artist Barbara Anderson helps put a name to them.
Otis Rathel’s spot-on sketch of a suspect in the slaying of eight student nurses in 1966 quickly led to the arrest of mass murderer Richard Speck. But the Chicago Police Department, where Rat… ...
A father who adopted a boy from Haiti is making sure his son's past is always a part of his story.
After drawing thousands of sketches of people wanted for crimes, the Houston Police Department 's forensic sketch artist Lois Gibson has made the 2005 Guinness World Records.
In an age of digital media, they seem old-fashioned, but sketches can pay off at times and still have their place in fighting crime, according to Wade Dakin, coordinator of the Michigan State ...
Gibson has been the Forensic Sketch Artist for the Houston Police Department for 40 years until 2 years ago. One of her sketches was also the first one ever shown on the show "America's Most Wanted." ...
Despite the proliferation of surveillance cameras, forensic sketch artists are still needed as cameras can be blurry or may not be available at every crime scene, says Stuart. Stuart says most victims ...
NEW YORK CITY (PIX 11) — For decades, composite sketch drawings have played a crucial role in helping the NYPD solve numerous crimes, like a recent case involving the arrest of an alleged rap… ...
A retired police sketch artist is using her talents in the effort to learn the identity of a skull unearthed at the Alamo 146 years after the battle.