Digital facial reconstruction in case unknown Utrecht dead

The man's face was in such poor condition that it was necessary, according to the police to reconstruct to be able to identify him.

The case

The body of the unidentified man was on Sunday, December 20th by a passer-by found in the water of the river Vecht in Oud-Zuilen, a village near Utrecht. The body was then a while in the water. More than a week after the discovery, police gave a picture of the man free.That did not succeed.

The University of Dundee, Scotland has made ​​the reconstruction commissioned by the Dutch Forensic Institute. It is a relatively new technique. The Scots have made ​​the 3D image on the basis of a CT-scan of the skull.

eye separation

In the model of the skull 'drawing' researchers muscles and thereafter the skin, which is made ​​up of small spheres. The eye separation is determined on the basis of the eye socket and the nose is reconstructed with the nose opening.

Previously, in similar cases often made ​​a reconstruction of clay. That was the case in the Meuse Girl, girl Nulde and Heul Girl.

According to the NFI are digital reconstructions accurately. It is not the first time that the institute leaves making a computer reconstruction. Last year, the face of a man was forged which was found in the waters of the port of Rotterdam. Thanks to the reconstruction , the man was identified .

The television Investigation Requested dedicating tonight a portion of the broadcast at the Utrecht case and the digital reconstruction. The program is at 20.30 on NPO 1.

By: NOS Editors: Photo: NFI