ABSTRACT

Photogrammetry is extensively used in surveying, mapping and architecture. The ability to perform accurate and reliable photogrammetry measurements from images of a perpetrator can depend upon a number of factors, including the cameras available. Photogrammetry measurements should be compared to physical measurements between fixed points at the crime scene. The photogrammetry measurement would clearly have resulted in a better evidential value if the perpetrator had a more unusual height. Height and body composition, as well as other bodily measures, including neurology, matter in how a person ambulates. The perpetrator has a clearly elevated shoulder compared to the suspect, and it was concluded that the perpetrator and the suspect could have similar shoulder height if measured in the same position. While height could be just as easily acquired using a stadiometer, preferably the same measuring method should be used for comparing the perpetrator and the suspect.