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An early form of facial reconstruction was used during the investigation into murderer Doctor Buck Ruxton in 1935. The pathologist superimposed a portrait of Buxton’s wife, Isabella, over a skull that had been discovered on the bank of a river, amongst other parcels that contained decomposing body parts. The portrait matched the structure of the skull perfectly, and consequently the skull was identified as Isabella Ruxton, who had gone missing a number of weeks earlier. This identification, along with the use of entomology to narrow down the point in time that the body parts had been disposed of, secured the conviction of Dr Buck Ruxton, who was hanged at Strangeways Prison for the murder.