Facial reconstruction helps ID man's body

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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A three-dimensional facial reconstruction has helped police identify the body of a man found nearly two years ago in a wooded area of Dover.

DOVER, Del. (WPVI) -- A three-dimensional facial reconstruction has helped police identify the body of a man found nearly two years ago in a wooded area of Dover.

Authorities say the body has been identified as that of Ian Michael Withrow.

Withrow's family visited the Dover Police Department on Saturday after recognizing the forensic artist model and tattoos that were released by the Delaware Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Dover Police Department earlier in the month.

Police say the family was able to provide details on additional tattoos and information that was not released to the public, leading to the positive identification of Withrow.

A three-dimensional facial reconstruction has helped police identify the body of a man found nearly two years ago in a wooded area of Dover.
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The body was found on November 2, 2012, in a wooded area near West Rustic Lane and Crawford Carroll Drive in Dover.

The Delaware Office of the Chief Medical Examiner worked with a forensic artist from Texas to create the three-dimensional facial reconstruction of the man and tattoos that were found on him.