Autopsy is one of the very oldest methods. With the technologies being improved the forensic experts can make the dead talk. Virtual autopsy is a helpful and complimentary tool for medical cadaveric examination. The aim is to establish an objective, observer independent and modern imaging techniques, leading to minimally invasive “virtual autopsy” methods to investigate a case. This method elaborates the review of maxillofacial imaging in image guided virtual autopsy. The project VIRTOPSY combining the research topics under one scientific umbrella The advance imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),3D surface scanning and modern radiological procedures is used in virtual autopsy in order to visualize and reconstruct the internal organs to know the site, type, and depth of injury. © 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.