forensic sketch
Witness-described drawing
A forensic sketch is a drawing of a person's face created to help identify criminal suspects or victims.
Police sketch artists work from witness descriptions or, in cases of unidentified remains, from skeletal features.
The sketch circulates publicly in hopes someone will recognize the face: The forensic sketch led to an arrest within days.
- compositeMade of distinct parts
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- witnessOne who attests
- eyewitness accountTestimony from direct observer
- policeCivil law enforcement
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- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, criminalistics, fingerprint
- forensic identificationfacial composite, composite image, facial reconstruction, mugshot, wanted poster
forensic sketchphotograph
Image from a camera
mugshot · surveillance footage · passport photo · photographic evidence · snapshot
forensic sketchDNA evidence
Biological material proving identity
fingerprint · biometric data · dental records · biometric identification · physical evidence
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