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Nikki Tundel
St. Paul, Minn.

Artist puts a face on crime

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Suspect sketch
This is just one of the many suspect sketches Marcia Cummings has composed during her 20 years as a forensic artist for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Marcia Cummings

Marcia Cummings uses art to help solve crime. As the state's only full-time forensic artist, she creates the police sketches that appear in papers and on the TV news.

Reporter Nikki Tundel met up with Cummings to find out what it takes to turn eyewitness descriptions into portraits of criminals.

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When art and crime meet
This is just one of the many suspect sketches Marcia Cummings has composed during her 20 years as a forensic artist for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Marcia Cummings
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Drawing attention to criminals
Marcia Cumming's sketch next to an actual photo of the assailant.
Marcia Cummings