Thursday, October 15, 2015

Is this a photo of Jesse James and his future assassin?

Controversy surrounds new Jesse James photo discovery

This is the photo that HPD's 33-year forensic artist Lois Gibson said shows notorious Western outlaw Jesse James and his eventual killer Robert Ford. Now expert debate rages over how to really find the answer. 

"Expert debate has erupted over a photograph, identified in September by the Houston Police Department's veteran specialist in facial recognition as legendary outlaw Jesse James, seated next to his eventual killer, Robert Ford.

"James lived a life on the run from the law, and seldom sat for photos before his 1882 death. An image of him would be an exceptionally rare and valuable find, but would require a meticulous process of verification.
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"HPD's forensic artist, Lois Gibson, spent a month analyzing facial features of the men in the photo. And last week, a genealogist traced the family of the photo's owner back to the James' community in 19th Century Missouri. But even that is only the start." . . .

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