With the help of a student at Ringling College of Art and Design, a skull previously labeled as John Doe has been identified.
The remains found in 2024 have been identified as Shane Michael Williams.
But how did students help identify him?
Joe Mullins, a forensic imaging specialist at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children taught a workshop using 3D prints of real skulls. Those skulls are unidentified remains from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Fort Myers, which covers all of Southwest Florida…