Lois Gibson

Lois Gibson (born c.1950)[1] is an American forensic artist who, as of 2015, holds the Guinness World Record for most identifications by a forensic artist.[2] She also drew the first forensic sketch shown on America's Most Wanted.[2]

She decided to become a forensic artist due to being raped when she was 21.[1] She earned a degree in forensic art from the University of Texas at Austin, and taught at Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety for 14 years as of 2012.[1] As of 2012 she had helped Houston Police Department solve 1,266 crimes by identifying criminals and victims.[1]

She wrote the true crime book Faces of Evil with writer Deanie Francis Mills, and wrote a textbook titled Forensic Art Essentials.[3]

In the media

In 2007 Glenn McDuffie laid claim to being the man kissing the woman in Alfred Eisenstaedt's photo V-J Day in Times Square; he was supported by Gibson.[4] Gibson's forensic analysis compared the Eisenstaedt photographs with current-day photographs of McDuffie, analyzing key facial features identical on both sets. She measured his ears, facial bones, hairline, wrist, knuckles, and hand, and compared those to enlargements of Eisenstaedt's picture.

I could tell just in general that yes, it's him. But I wanted to be able to tell other people so I replicated the pose.[5]

Gibson's claims to have identified blues musician Robert Johnson in two previously unpublished photographs have been dismissed by other facial recognition experts and blues historians.[6]

Personal life

She is married and has two children as of 2012.[7]

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Houston Forensic Artist Seeks Justice After Surviving Rape - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. 1 2 Law & Order (2015-07-13). "10 Sketches by Forensic Artist Lois Gibson". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  3. ↑ "Forensic Artist and Author Lois Gibson Interview". Ask a Forensic Artist. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  4. ↑ Juan A. Lozano, "Forensic expert: N.C. native is sailor in famous wartime photo", The News and Observer, August 3, 2007; Juan A. Lozano, "Man says he's the sailor in famous photo", Associated Press, August 3, 2007, Yahoo News.
  5. ↑ Juan A. Lozano, "Man Says He's the Sailor in Famous Photo"
  6. ↑ Frank Matheis and Dr. Bruce Conforth, "Another Robert Johnson Photo Debunked", TheCountryBlues.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015
  7. ↑ 07/23/2012 2:59 pm EDT (2012-07-23). "Lois Gibson's Composite Sketches Have Helped Catch Texas Criminals For 30 Years". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
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