To Help Identify Migrants Who Died Along Border, Art Class Reconstructs Their Faces
By Julissa Treviño
smithsonian.com
March 9, 2018
Every year, hundreds of migrants traveling across the Mexican border die while attempting to cross into the United States. The conditions of Arizona, Texas and New Mexico, and the risky nature of the journey, can cause the individuals to die by heat stroke, hyperthermia due to exposure to the elements and dehydration.
Their bodies are not easy to identify. Though medical examiners try DNA and dental comparisons, many migrants go unidentified.
Recently, however, students at the New York Academy of Art helped a Tuscon, Arizona, medical examiner’s office take a step toward naming some of the nameless by reconstructing the faces of eight migrants.
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/help-identify-migrants-who-died-along-border-art-class-reconstructs-their-faces-180968343/#VfWrxZl8Mhfwqq3B.99
