This is an online tool running in any up-to-date browser helping finding out partially missing / assumed to be modified names from evidence collected in the Isdal Woman case. The basic idea is identifying an original name based on the leftovers, by brute-forcing a list of possibly relevant first and last names against characters we think we could still recognise.
See Isdal Woman’s Name — Scraped Off? for a detailed description ❗
The original idea stems from the book Kvinnen i Isdalen, by Dennis Zacher Aske - ISBN 9788241916601.
➡️ CLICK HERE TO START THE TOOL IN THE BROWSER! ⬅️
- It is possible to choose different lists of names on the right side.
- Custom names can be added as:
Alpha,Bravo,Charlieetc., and will be treated as the built-in ones. - If Fixed length names is checked, the length of a possible name should be equal to the length we look for - if it is 4, and we set the first
A, thenAnne,Abby,Almaetc. will be found. - But if it is unchecked, the shorter names will be found too -
Ali,Ana,Amyin addition to the 4-character long ones.
There are a few settings pre-defined - so to get a rough idea, just click on the My idea 1 button for instance. Also if you can only recognize a round character at the beginning and perhaps an I afterwards, try the Minimal preset - it just shows results for that.
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The code itself is under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Can you help us with a 51 year old unsolved case?
"If you recognize this woman, or if you know anyone who disappeared in 1970 who fits the description, we would greatly appreciate it if you would contact us. E-mail address: isdal@nrk.no"