Miami-Dade's first forensic artist, who found "Cocaine Cowboy" Gustavo Falcon, heads for retirement
CBS Miami
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CBS News Miami's"}, {'start': '21.680', 'end': '26.080', 'text': 'Larry Seawward sat down with her tonight'}, {'start': '23.359', 'end': '28.160', 'text': 'and has the exclusive details.'}, {'start': '26.080', 'end': '30.560', 'text': 'Samantha Steinberg wrote two books used'}, {'start': '28.160', 'end': '32.399', 'text': 'by law enforcement across the country in'}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'part because her art delivered'}, {'start': '32.399', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'eyeopening results. They used their'}, {'start': '35.200', 'end': '39.680', 'text': 'racing boat business as a front for dope'}, {'start': '37.920', 'end': '42.239', 'text': 'dealing that allowed them to live an'}, {'start': '39.680', 'end': '44.640', 'text': 'opulent lifestyle. Gustavo Falconee'}, {'start': '42.239', 'end': '47.360', 'text': 'dodged arrest for decades. Then one'}, {'start': '44.640', 'end': '49.840', 'text': 'Tuesday in 2017, Miami date forensic'}, {'start': '47.360', 'end': '51.600', 'text': "artist Samantha Steinberg's eyes opened."}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '53.840', 'text': '10 years earlier, she built this series'}, {'start': '51.600', 'end': '56.000', 'text': 'of photos using wrinkles and gray hair'}, {'start': '53.840', 'end': '58.000', 'text': "from booking photos to show Falcone's"}, {'start': '56.000', 'end': '60.000', 'text': 'likely physical evolution. It brought'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '62.160', 'text': 'detectives no good leads. So, as'}, {'start': '60.000', 'end': '64.000', 'text': 'filmmakers released the Cocaine Cowboys'}, {'start': '62.160', 'end': '66.479', 'text': 'documentary about Falconee, his brother'}, {'start': '64.000', 'end': '69.119', 'text': 'Willie, and Sal Mluda, Steinberg tried'}, {'start': '66.479', 'end': '72.400', 'text': 'again. I thought I would take a shortcut'}, {'start': '69.119', 'end': '74.479', 'text': 'of entering his photograph in our facial'}, {'start': '72.400', 'end': '77.119', 'text': 'recognition database and running it'}, {'start': '74.479', 'end': '78.640', 'text': 'against that image and asking it for men'}, {'start': '77.119', 'end': '81.439', 'text': 'that were the age that he would'}, {'start': '78.640', 'end': '84.159', 'text': 'currently be. And when I did, all of a'}, {'start': '81.439', 'end': '86.720', 'text': 'sudden an image came up and I was like,'}, {'start': '84.159', 'end': '89.040', 'text': '"Oh my god, that\'s him." Then it'}, {'start': '86.720', 'end': '90.720', 'text': "becomes, what do you do when you're"}, {'start': '89.040', 'end': '93.840', 'text': 'sitting alone in your office on a'}, {'start': '90.720', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'Tuesday afternoon and you just found the'}, {'start': '93.840', 'end': '99.280', 'text': 'biggest fugitive for DEA US Marshalss in'}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '100.960', 'text': "the Southeast? He's been on the run 28"}, {'start': '99.280', 'end': '103.360', 'text': 'years. Who do you tell Detective'}, {'start': '100.960', 'end': '105.200', 'text': 'Goldston? We were friends. So I texted'}, {'start': '103.360', 'end': '107.600', 'text': 'him and I said, "What would you think if'}, {'start': '105.200', 'end': '110.880', 'text': 'I told you I found Gustavo Falconee?"'}, {'start': '107.600', 'end': '112.560', 'text': 'And he wrote back, "No bleeping way." 6'}, {'start': '110.880', 'end': '114.880', 'text': 'weeks later, US Marshals tracked down'}, {'start': '112.560', 'end': '117.920', 'text': 'Falonee near Orlando, giving Steinberg'}, {'start': '114.880', 'end': '120.159', 'text': 'updates along the way. And it was nuts.'}, {'start': '117.920', 'end': '121.759', 'text': 'Like, I remember physically shaking when'}, {'start': '120.159', 'end': '123.520', 'text': 'I was leaving headquarters. Eight years'}, {'start': '121.759', 'end': '125.439', 'text': 'later, this artist who literally wrote'}, {'start': '123.520', 'end': '127.759', 'text': 'the book Peers and Forensics used to'}, {'start': '125.439', 'end': '130.080', 'text': 'identify suspects retired. Along the'}, {'start': '127.759', 'end': '131.760', 'text': 'way, she transformed her field, becoming'}, {'start': '130.080', 'end': '133.599', 'text': 'the first to make composite sketches'}, {'start': '131.760', 'end': '135.280', 'text': 'with digital software and building'}, {'start': '133.599', 'end': '137.200', 'text': "Florida's first statewide facial"}, {'start': '135.280', 'end': '140.080', 'text': 'recognition database, which led to more'}, {'start': '137.200', 'end': '142.319', 'text': 'than 400 identifications. Thursday.'}, {'start': '140.080', 'end': '144.480', 'text': 'These shoes I made um originally for'}, {'start': '142.319', 'end': '146.640', 'text': 'myself. She began working full-time for'}, {'start': '144.480', 'end': '148.640', 'text': 'her company, Reed Reves. Hand painting'}, {'start': '146.640', 'end': '150.319', 'text': 'sneakers, leather bags, and wallets.'}, {'start': '148.640', 'end': '153.120', 'text': "It's a company she shares with her"}, {'start': '150.319', 'end': '156.000', 'text': "nephew. It's fun for me to do art where"}, {'start': '153.120', 'end': '159.040', 'text': "I'm not taking directions from someone"}, {'start': '156.000', 'end': '161.280', 'text': 'else or having to base it on some'}, {'start': '159.040', 'end': '162.959', 'text': 'photograph of a deceased person. It is'}, {'start': '161.280', 'end': '165.040', 'text': "Steyberg's new passion, but given the"}, {'start': '162.959', 'end': '166.720', 'text': 'impact of her other work, Steinberg is'}, {'start': '165.040', 'end': '169.920', 'text': 'hardly ready to close the book on'}, {'start': '166.720', 'end': '171.760', 'text': 'forensic art forever. Steinberg told me'}, {'start': '169.920', 'end': '173.360', 'text': 'tonight that 25 years ago, she talked'}, {'start': '171.760', 'end': '175.040', 'text': 'her way into a role with the county,'}, {'start': '173.360', 'end': '177.040', 'text': 'convincing them to create the forensic'}, {'start': '175.040', 'end': '178.959', 'text': 'artist position. At this point, she says'}, {'start': '177.040', 'end': '180.560', 'text': "she's happy to work part-time going"}, {'start': '178.959', 'end': '184.080', 'text': "forward in Miami's Edgewater"}, {'start': '180.560', 'end': '184.080', 'text': 'neighborhood. Larry with CBS News'}]