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Sketch Artist Helps Catch Criminals, Gives a Face to Deceased


Sketch Artist Helps Catch Criminals, Gives a Face to Deceased
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Police often face the problem of trying to find a crime suspect based on general descriptions that could fit hundreds of people in the vicinity of the crime. In these cases, an artist can use information from witnesses to sketch a likeness that police can show the public via newspapers and television. But, as VOA’s Greg Flakus reports from Houston, such sketches can also help bring back faces of the dead.

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