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Dubai Police digitally restore the face of a decomposing corpse

Dubai Police called on the public to identify the owner of the body.

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Dubai Police have restored the face of a man whose body was found in the sea, using advanced 3D technology developed by citizen experts in the Forensic Medicine Department of the General Department of Forensic Evidence in coordination with the General Department of Artificial Intelligence, and requested members of the public to help identify its owner.

The Director of the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology, Major General Dr. Ahmed Eid Al-Mansouri, said that identifying the face of the body’s owner was a great challenge in light of its near-complete decomposition, especially in light of the disappearance of its features, indicating that the administration’s experts applied the technique of “digitally reconstructing the face.” Through a joint professional team from the Forensic Medicine Department and the Electronic Forensic Evidence Department, with the aim of obtaining an approximate picture of a person's features in coordination with the General Administration of Artificial Intelligence.

In addition, the Deputy Director of the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology for Administrative Affairs, Brigadier General Ahmed Matar Al Muhairi, said that the image attached to the person came after great efforts by the experts of the Forensic Medicine Department and the Electronic Forensic Evidence Department, after examining the corpse that was found nearly before The month, and it is in a state of severe decomposition in all features and features, as a result of its exposure to factors and climatic conditions and the corpse erosion due to marine organisms.

He added that the difficult challenge was also represented in the absence of a DNA fingerprint in the department specialized in storing DNA samples for comparison, in addition to the absence of fingerprints due to their decomposition and damage, which required work to devise smart solutions to try to know the expected shape of a man based on the vital data that Collected by forensic experts and discussed with the Electronic Forensic Evidence Management team to draw a 3D picture.

Al Muhairi praised the efforts of the work team, which was meticulous and applied with great professionalism the forensic and specialized sciences in collecting vital data and information on the body, and applied smart and modern techniques in reaching the expected shape, calling on members of the public to identify the owner of the body, and to provide any information about it by calling the call center on the number 901, and if the caller is from outside Dubai, he must add 04 before the contact number.

On the other hand, the forensic consultant Dr. Yunus Al-Balushi stated that the work team overcame several challenges, including identifying the color of the skin, which disappeared due to the stay of the body in the water for a long time and the disappearance of the body pigments, indicating that the forensic experts were able, through specialized tests, to obtain the expected color. It is the wheaty complexion enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Asian and Middle Eastern regions.

And he stated that they worked in the second stage to verify the color and length of the hair, and were able to verify this through a single hair that was in the body after the decomposition, and after performing the forensic examinations, it was found that the deceased had thick hair.

He added that they determined after the person’s life expectancy through the use of orthopedics and pelvic osteometry, and reached that the life expectancy ranged between 35 and 45 years, pointing out that this type of examination always contributes to narrowing the search for missing persons by determining the age group. Approximate.

He pointed out that the experts subsequently conducted an examination of the skull to verify its type, shape and size. They were also able to measure skin thickness, eye color and other necessary vital information, and documented it in the anthropology report.

Visual evidence actions

The head of the Visual Evidence Analysis Department, Major Dr. Hamad Al-Awar, said that the department began its mission as soon as it received the “anthropology” report from the forensic medicine department, to work on digitally reconstructing the face by taking an x-ray image and performing a three-dimensional scan of the head area.

He added that the department worked in cooperation with the Virtual Training Center in the General Administration of Artificial Intelligence on the use of 3D scanning techniques and the special 3D drawing program, with the aim of obtaining a technical restoration of the face down to the approximate image of the person with a high match rate.

He emphasized that the method of facial reconstruction in police work is used after the difficulty of applying all scientific and traditional means of identifying a person's identity.

• The work team professionally applied forensic sciences and specialization in collecting vital information about the body.

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