Age-progressed photos have long been used to help spark new leads in unsolved missing child cases. Forensic artist Lois Gibson spent four decades working with the Houston Police Department, where she sketched age-progressed portraits of children, as well as the likenesses of kidnappers and other suspected criminals. The face behind the faces shared her story—and creative process—as part of a national news feature. Gibson holds the Guinness World Record for the most criminals identified through art: 1,313. But it’s the happy endings she treasures most, such as when her age-progressed portraits reunited three siblings 30 years after being separated at a young age. “If this is the only case I helped solve, it would make my life worthwhile,” Gibson said.
