jojohead24 t1_ir3o3d4 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 2:24 AM

Reply to comment by Laserbarrage in See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop by unheated1

They use this to try and assist in identifying Jane & John Does. They even include them wearing any clothing found along with the body. It’s just really expensive. I know a podcast I listen to, Crime Junkie, did a fundraiser to help pay for some of these to help. They actually were able to identify like 3 which I think is a big deal. DNA ancestry sites are also great in finding families and identifying old cold case victims.

Dizzy_Duck_811 t1_ir4fi2p wrote on October 5, 2022 at 7:15 AM

There was a 50 years cold case that was solved recently like this. A young girl was killed by someone the police has questioned a few times, but they’ve had no evidence. They had DNA saved from the crime, and they found a familial match. That is how they’ve solved the case. Her family was long gone by the time it was solved. They never got to know who killed her.

And this is not the only case like this!