Course HackForensic Facial ReconstructionBy University of Sheffield
In a Nutshell
This course from The University of Sheffield unravels the basics of forensic anatomy and its application to a real-life murder case.
Favorite Quote
We've got a body, no clues, don't know what he looks like, don't know where he was killed. From the facial reconstruction, we were able to actually close off that story, identify who he was, and put closure.
Nicola Moyle, crime scene investigator
Introduction
In January of 2000, two men stumbled across a bag of human remains dumped at the side of a road in Sheffield, England.
The investigation that followed was a groundbreaking example of forensic anatomy's power.
Katherine Linehan is Professor of Anatomical Education and Lead Academic for Human Anatomy at The University of Sheffield.
In this course, Linehan guides us through the basics of forensic anatomy.
Theoretical knowledge is contextualized with the real-life developments in the 'Mr. X' investigation of the unknown body found in Sheffield, presented by the experts who worked on the case.
We go from analyzing the story that bones tell to piecing the puzzle together into a facial reconstruction. Finally, we learn how these techniques cracked the Mr. X case.
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