Experts Reconstruct Face of James Foley’s Killer

Facial recognition specialists in America have generated images of what the executioner of captured American journalist James Foley might look like, according to ABC News.

The specialists, who work with the U.S. government, focused on the slit of the man’s face visible from the eyehole of his mask to extrapolate his surrounding facial features. They generated two images, one clean-shaven and one bearded:

Additional experts are also examining the desert terrain behind the man for identifiable clues as to where the video was filmed.

Watch a clip on the process below, via ABC News:

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