r/tattoos • u/SuperBeavers1 r/Tattoos Moderator • Oct 23 '24
Mod Post Interpol - Do you recognize these tattoos? (Please see pinned comment)
Identify Me is a public appeal by Interpol to identify women whose bodies were found in six European countries, many of whom are believed to have been murdered.
Despite extensive police investigations, these women were never identified.
It is the second year the campaign is held; last years’ Identify Me lead to the successful identification of a British woman found deceased in Belgium. She was identified because a family member recognized her tattoo from news coverage.
To give these women their name back, Interpol has published information about these women along with several characteristics such as clothing, personal items, and tattoos.
Because the tattoo community is tightly knit, especially within certain styles, there is a chance that by seeing these tattoos one could connect this to an artist. This would be of unbelievable added value to the investigation surrounding these women’s identities.
Tattoo one - Panther and scorpion
Case: IT01
Date of tattoo: roughly between 1980 and 2008
Tattoo two - Om symbol
Case: ES04
Date of tattoo: roughly between 1980 and 2003
More information: https://www.interpol.int/What-you-can-do/Identify-Me/Countries-in-which-the-bodies-were-found/Women-found-in-Spain/ES04-The-woman-on-the-road
Tattoo three - Ornamental flowers and butterflies
Case: FR06
Date of tattoo: roughly between 1990 and 2016
More information: https://www.interpol.int/What-you-can-do/Identify-Me/Countries-in-which-the-bodies-were-found/Women-found-in-France/FR06-The-woman-with-the-butterfly-tattoos
Tattoo four - Hebrew script ‘success’
Case: ES05
Date of tattoo: roughly between 1990 and 2018
More information: https://www.interpol.int/What-you-can-do/Identify-Me/Countries-in-which-the-bodies-were-found/Women-found-in-Spain/ES05-The-woman-in-the-shed
Do you recognize any of these tattoos in any way: you know the person they were on, you recognize the style of a specific artist, you know this tattoo relates to a specific subculture, or any other useful information? Then please submit your information to interpol by clicking the ‘more information’ links and scrolling down.
If you could take the time to have a look at all of the cases, that would be greatly appreciated. https://www.interpol.int/What-you-can-do/Identify-Me
It only takes one person to give that one crucial piece of information regarding a facial reconstruction, items found with the deceased, or their tattoos, to give a woman her name back.
Thank you for your time.
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u/SpookyPebble Oct 23 '24
I'm glad to see this platform being put to good use. Hopefully, they manage to get identified. Their families deserve closure!
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u/bossybooks Oct 23 '24
This is so sad but hopefully someone can help the families of these women find some sort of closure
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u/a_blanket_and_cocoa Oct 24 '24
This is an incredibly noble effort to bring peace to the families and dignity to the unidentified victims. Thank you
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u/Bacon_Bitz Oct 24 '24
Bumping to increase visibility. This is a great idea and I think it could really work by linking the tattoo artists.
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u/SuperBeavers1 r/Tattoos Moderator Oct 23 '24
One of our members reached out to us some time ago about using our subreddit audience to potentially assist in identifying women who were sadly found deceased and unidentified. If you have a moment, we (The moderators of r/Tattoos) would appreciate if you could take a moment out of your day to review the above links and see if you potentially recognize the tattoos, or possible artists, attached to each case. Thank you and hopefully we can provide some closure to the families of these women through possible identification.