The Łódź prosecutor's office and police have decided to publish a reconstructed image of a woman whose mummified remains were found at the end of 2024 in a tenement house on Wojska Polskiego Street. Despite the passing months, the identity of the deceased remains unknown. The use of modern graphic technologies is intended to help break through in the investigation, which so far has not provided answers to who the victim was and under what circumstances she died.
Modern Reconstruction Technology
Experts used a graphics engine to create an image of the woman's face based on the skull found in 2024.
Mysterious Death in Bałuty
A body in a state of significant decomposition was found in the basement on Wojska Polskiego Street; the cause of death remains unknown.
Łódź Police Appeal
Investigators ask for contact from people who recognize the woman or have information about her identity.
The Łódź-Bałuty District Prosecutor's Office has taken an unusual step to establish the identity of a woman whose mummified body was found on October 29, 2024. The remains were located in the basement of a tenement house on Wojska Polskiego Street in Łódź. The discovery was made by a building administration employee. Due to the advanced state of decomposition and signs of animal scavenging, conducting a traditional autopsy proved impossible. Experts were unable to determine even an approximate time of death, which significantly hampered the investigation. A key element of the new stage of the inquiry is the use of a graphics engine employed in modern video games to create a three-dimensional reconstruction of the facial appearance based on the preserved skull. Investigators hope that publishing these images will allow someone to recognize the deceased. Simultaneously, police are searching for perpetrators of a theft at Galeria Łódzka, publishing images of a woman in a golden jacket and a man in burgundy clothing, although at this stage no direct link has been indicated between these criminal cases beyond the area of operation of the Łódź police. Methods of facial reconstruction based on a skull, known as facial approximation, originate from forensic anthropology and have been used in criminology for decades, but digital 3D tools have significantly increased their precision. Łódź officers appeal to anyone who may have any information about a woman matching the published image. The case evokes strong emotions among Bałuty residents due to the macabre circumstances of the body's discovery. The prosecutor's office emphasizes that any information could prove crucial for explaining this mysterious death. The prosecutor decided to commission an expert opinion on the reconstruction of the deceased woman's facial appearance, hoping for a breakthrough in identification. 16 months — have passed since the discovery of the body to the publication of the reconstruction Timeline of the Investigation into the Body in the Tenement House: October 29, 2024 — Discovery of the Body; November 2024 — No Autopsy Results; February 18, 2026 — Image Publication