Police Sketcher Turns Witnesses’ Memories Into Evidence
Detective Greg Bean of the Bellevue (Seattle) Police Department can draw from victims memories to create nearly identical computer sketches of suspects. Bean, who could barely draw stick figures throughout his life, has become a successful forensic artist by learning how to use a computer program designed to assist law enforcement agencies in creating composite drawings of suspects. Bean learned that art begins in the mind, not in the hand. Bean became an expert on facial features and his last eight sketches have been identical to the suspects arrested, including Danford Grant, a Seattle attorney who was a suspect of several alleged rapes. Bean stated, “All I’m trying to do is create the most accurate representation of that image – that memory – that I can so that the public and police can use that to hopefully catch, arrest and prosecute the bad guy.”
Read the full article here and also view a photo galley of Beans sketches and oil paintings.
Date of Article: November 25, 2012
[Abstract by David Miller, ForensIQ Intern, December 6, 2012]
Citation
Thomas, Linda. “Police Sketcher Turns Witnesses’ Memories into Evidence.”MyNorthwest.com. 25 Nov. 2012. Web. 06 Dec. 2012.
