AI recreated the face of a Colombian murdered in the Netherlands in 2005: they are looking for his family

With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers from the Netherlands, With the support of the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office, they are searching for the relatives of a man who was murdered in Europe 19 years ago.

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The prosecutors’ offices of both countries are advancing in the search for the relatives of a man who was murdered in a part of Holland, in the Netherlands.

According to authorities, the subject was murdered with a firearm and then his body was cremated. After many years, through technology and the use of artificial intelligence, the face of the deceased has been recreated.

Because of the man’s Latin features, The search has begun in Colombian territory for his relatives.

On September 6, 2005, in the Netherlands, the burned body of a man was found in a tennis club. But it was in 2006 that other remains of the same body were found in the waters of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal 30 kilometers from the location of the investigations.

“This violent death is giving some indications of behavioral evidence, that is to say that, possibly, the person who committed the crime was linked to the victim in some way, that there are in the victim’s body several behavioral elements of anger, a need for destruction and of possible revenge,” said Belisario Valbuena, forensic psychologist, in dialogue with Noticias Caracol live.

The authorities of the European territory determined that the person had been murdered with a firearm. and, after many years, this man’s face was recreated with the help of technology and AI.

It was specified that it does not have European features and that it probably He was born in a volcanic area of ​​Colombia, that is, around Medellín.

The case was taken to the Bogotá Sectional Prosecutor’s Office to begin the clarification of the crime after 19 years after the incident occurred.

This is how Valbuena explained the process: “With the collaboration of forensic anthropologists and forensic morphologists, the reconstruction of the possible face of the victim was obtained.”

“A window of opportunity to be able to identify those relatives to be able to identify those people. These international cooperations are excellent news,” said Álvaro Soto, cyber forensics and cybersecurity expert.

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bogotá and Medellín, united with that of the Netherlands, are looking for the man’s relatives.

“This allows us to clarify it and develop more technical elements of research cooperation.” and development in all processes against transnational crime,” commented Jaime Fajardo Landaeta, researcher on conflict issues.

Although at the moment there are no results in this search process, for Medellín experts it is a great advance that after so many years, and with the help of technology, justice can be done and some families can find those they are looking for.

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