Forensic Facial Reconstruction: Finding Mr X
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Forensic Facial Reconstruction: Finding Mr X
On Saturday 22 January 2000, two men found a small holdall, abandoned on an industrial estate in the north of Sheffield. Upon opening the bag they made a gruesome discovery. A badly decomposed body. Who was this person? Why did they die? Where had the body been stored all of this time? In this coll...
Recent Episodes
11 episodes
How Do You Conduct a Reconstruction?
In this video, we talk to three people experienced in forensic facial reconstruction to find out how they go about reconstructing a face.
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When Would We Need a Facial Reconstruction?
Facial reconstruction is currently used in two principal contexts: forensic science and archaeology. In this video, Professor Caroline Wilkinson expla...
Finding Mr X: Building the Face
In this video, we hear from Senior Forensic Scientist, Nikki Taylor, who conducted the original facial reconstruction of Mr. X whilst working as an in...
A Career in Forensics and Anatomy
How do you become an expert in Forensic Anatomy?
In this video, we’ll hear from our course experts as they tell us how they came to be in...
Forensic Facial Reconstruction timelapse
Daheen Lee, Anatomy Demonstrator at the School of Biomedical Science at the University of Sheffield, builds a full facial reconstruction from a skull...
Finding Mr X: Solving the Case
Here our story ends with the identification of Mr. X and the closure of the ‘body in the bag’ case for South Yorkshire Police.
Firstly, w...
Applying the Muscles of the Face
A knowledge of facial anatomy is vital to be able to reconstruct a face from a skull. In this video, we’ll explain the key muscle groups of the face a...
Our demonstrators investigate: determining the ethnicity of a skull
As part of their Biomedical Science undergraduate degree, students here at Sheffield undertake a Forensic Anatomy module where they are given a box of...
Our demonstrators investigate: identifying the sex of a skull
As part of their Biomedical Science undergraduate degree, students here at Sheffield undertake a Forensic Anatomy module where they are given a box of...
Finding Mr X: Our Story Begins
Our story starts with an accidental discovery. Two men walking through an industrial estate in Sheffield find a large sports bag containing a badly de...
Forensic Facial Reconstruction (trailer)
Learn about the forensic technique of facial reconstruction from the experts involved in a real crime case in this free online course from the Univers...