About Project Identify

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We work directly with medical examiner and coroner offices to identify unidentified human remains that may benefit from 3D documentation and forensic facial approximation. Together, we determine which cases are appropriate for participation.

Project Identify travels to the agency to carefully photograph and perform high-resolution 3D scans of each unidentified skull. These scans create a permanent digital record that preserves valuable forensic information while reducing the need to repeatedly handle fragile remains.

Each digital skull is transformed into a forensic facial approximation by experienced forensic artists. Approximations are completed either through Project Identify's professional forensic artists or through my forensic facial approximation courses at the New York Academy of Art and Ringling College of Art and Design. Every artist has been personally trained and selected based on their demonstrated ability to produce accurate, high-quality forensic work. Project Identify compensates artists for each completed facial approximation.

Once completed, all photographs, 3D scan files, and finished facial approximation images are returned to the medical examiner or coroner's office. The investigating agency retains control of the case and determines how the images will be used as part of the ongoing investigation.

With the approval of the investigating agency, completed facial approximations and publicly available case information may also be featured on the Project Identify website to increase public awareness and generate new investigative leads. Sometimes all it takes is one person recognizing a face to solve a case.

Our goal is simple: create new opportunities for identification. Every facial approximation represents another chance to restore someone's identity and provide long-awaited answers to their family.