This article was originally accepted in June, 2016 in the Journal of Forensic Identification. Zack Kowalske Roswell Police Department Roswell, GA Introduction Traditionally, the concept of bloodstains has been considered from a two-dimensional perspective because impact stains or a bloody finger impression or a bloody shoe impression all have an inherent seeming flatness. However, they […]
This article was originally published in the August, 2013 edition of Forensic Magazine.. By Dick Warrington. For the past several years, I’ve taught a class on developing and lifting prints off unusual surfaces. This class is very popular because it shows Crime Scene Officers that the only “surfaces” where you can’t get prints are air and […]
This article was originally published in the April, 2008 edition of A Trace of Evidence.. By M. Dawn Watkins and King Brown. I t’s long been known trace evidence, which contends that every contact no matter how slight will leave a trace, can help solve a case. This minute evidence is normally left by objects […]
This article was originally published in the November/December 2005 edition of Evidence Technology magazine.. By Detective Donald J. Frost II. Every professional working in law enforcement understands the value of good fingerprint evidence in supporting the investigation of a criminal case. It can assist greatly in the development of a suspect who is possibly associated with […]
This article was originally published in Forensic Magazine’s August/September 2005 issue and was written by Mill Morris. Casting materials are not just for bite and tool mark impressions, but can be used to obtain fingerprint evidence on rough surfaces, human skin, blood prints, and other types of evidence. Ask any evidence technician or crime scene […]
