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Oceanographers from the University of Hawaii informed Johnson that if they had measurements of the ocean’s depth at the site, they could calculate the height of the waves based on the winds. “We knew the winds and we knew several stations that were running Doppler radar.”

“We had quite a bit of weather data,” Johnson said. Ocean waves are dynamic, influenced by a wide array of variables. The real challenge came when Visual Law Group attempted to put that model in the simulated water.

Visual Law Group began by building a 3D model of the Double Scoop. Mary Strickert later filed a wrongful death suit against Charley Neal, the captain of the dive boat “Double Scoop,” as well as the company that employed Neal. Mark Strickert lost his life while on an outing with his wife, Mary Strickert, and their two children. Visual Law Group was previously contracted to build a model as part of a federal lawsuit between the widow of a Texas man who died in a Jsnorkeling accident at Molokini Crater, Maui and the owner/operator of the diving tour boat. Not all cases have such a wealth of available data. As a result, even shadows generated by the model are reasonably accurate.

We could completely reconstruct the excavation where Tylee’s remains were as well as where JJ was found near the pond on the north side of the property.”īecause the date and location are known, the software was also able to simulate factors such as the weather and position of the sun at a given time of day. “We were able to completely reconstruct the fire pit. “Once we had that, it became very easy to reverse-engineer all of that other footage,” Johnson said. Those measurements were then entered into computer software, which was used to render a barebones version of the model. In the case of the Daybell property, Visual Law Group used more than 900 overlapping aerial images to generate measurements which are accurate down to the inch. Those can include extremely precise laser surveying tools, GPS measurements or location-tagged photos. In order to build forensic models, companies like Visual Law Group rely on a wide array of data sources.