Seattle PD Reconstruction
This is the last reconstruction case I prepared and photographed in December at the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. This victim was found at a homeless camp on Capital Hill. He’s a white male 30 to 60 years of age, but probably toward the lower end of that range. There was no mandible with these […]
4th Reconstruction: Kitsap County
This is the fourth reconstruction from the group I prepped in December at the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. It’s a Kitsap County case. A white male 40 to 65 years of age. He’s got a lot of antemortem tooth loss with re-absorption indicating the teeth have been gone for some time. In that case, […]
Wahkiakum County Reconstruction
Medical Examiner’s Office in December. Wahkiakum County Prosecutor/Coroner Dan Bigelow sent out the following press release: News Release: Facial Reconstruction of Wahkiakum County Unidentified Remains – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Wahkiakum County Coroner’s Office has released new information about the unidentified human remains discovered on the shore of the Columbia River last June, including a […]
Pend Oreille County Case
The second case from King County Medical Examiner’s Office that I finished was one from the Northeastern-most county in Washington, Pend Oreille. This was an interesting case as the cranium was unusually misshapen. Dr. Taylor advised the victim was a white male possibly in his 50s who had been found in a sleeping bag under […]
New Reconstructions
In December, I went to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office in Seattle and photographed five more cases from around the state. As always, each had their individual challenges and interesting details. The first case was a female found recently off Highway 18 in King County. My fantastic forensic anthropologist, Dr. Kathy Taylor, advised this […]
Drawing Digital Composites
I’ve started putting together a few videos to help other police artists who may be thinking of starting to draw digitally. I’m often asked about the process, so maybe this will give some answers. Of course this is just the process that I use. Other artists do things differently with both hardware and software, but […]