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Photo-skull superimposition

The forensic identification method of placing a life portrait photograph alongside or overlaid on a photograph of a recovered skull, aligning them on shared anatomical landmarks, and assessing the consistency of bone structure with the facial features in the portrait. First used in court in the Buck Ruxton case (1936).

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