For my final project, I’m profiling Suzanne Baldon, a forensic artist whose work has helped authorities identify homicide victims and missing persons. In one case, her reconstruction of a homicide victim’s remains found 40 years ago helped authorities determine an identification. Fort Worth police had kept the skeletal remains of a homicide victim named Kenneth Bennett Glaze who had disappeared in 1963. His car was found abandoned a few days after his disappearance. His remains were found months later in an unincorporated part of Tarrant County. The police released a sketch, but no identification was ever made. The remains were turned over to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office where experts re-analyzed the bones. Ms. Baldon later did a facial reconstruction. And a family member identified Mr. Glaze and DNA testing confirmed his identity. For the video, I’d like for Ms. Baldon talk about one of her cases. I may ask her to discuss the Glaze case.
Also, I’d like to capture the facial reconstruction process and how it works. Ms. Baldon, who is an anthropology lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington, teaches class on Monday nights. In April, she and her students will work on a facial reconstruction project. I’m hoping I can show the process by taping her working with her students as she teaches them. I plan to pull still images from the video which could be used in a slideshow.
