Mapping crime scenes to solve disputed cases

A video by Forensic Architecture pertaining to the events on September 18, 2013, when rapper Pavlos Fyssas was stabbed to death in the street by a self-proclaimed Golden Dawn supporter in the Keratsini district of Piraeus, constitutes one of the most damning pieces of evidence in the ongoing trial against the neo-Nazi party, whose leadership is accused of ordering that attack, as well as others.

The 43-minute audiovisual presentation and accompanying report by the independent research group, which is headquartered at Goldsmiths, University of London, was presented to the court last September and filed as evidence. It has also been posted online. In it, Forensic Architecture researchers have reconstructed the events of that fatal night, using maps of the area, CCTV footage and recordings of communications between police and emergency services.
They have also identified...

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